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Rhenish

//ˈɹɛnɪʃ// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to wine produced in the Rhine region.
  2. 2
    Pertaining to the Rhine river or region.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A wine from the area around the Rhine. uncountable

    "He insists on drinking Rhenish from a stein!"

  2. 2
    any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage) wordnet
  3. 3
    The linguistic varieties spoken in the Rhineland, a continuum between traditional dialects and regional forms of Standard German. uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Rhine + -ish (with the first element taking a Latinate form; see Rhēnus).

Etymology 2

From Rhine + -ish (with the first element taking a Latinate form; see Rhēnus).

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