montilla
[ mon-til-uh; Spanish mawn-tee-lyah ]
noun
a dry, rather bitter wine of Spain.
Origin of montilla
1First recorded in 1785–95; after Montilla, Spanish town
Words Nearby montilla
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How to use montilla in a sentence
However, though he claimed to belong to the partido of montilla, he seemed very ill-informed about the country.
Carmen | Prosper MerimeeI begged her to forgive me, but she sulked with me for a whole day, and when I started back to montilla she wouldn't kiss me.
Carmen | Prosper MerimeeIt was a certain affair that occurred to me with a sorntess, a disciple of la Camacha de montilla.
The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes | Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraYou must know, my son, that there lived in this city the most famous witch in the world, called Camacha de montilla.
The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes | Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThat evening he received his last instructions, and the next day he sailed in the schooner montilla.
Perlycross | R. D. Blackmore
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