"Marsala" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Sicilian Marsala, from an Arabic name, probably مَرْسَى عَلِيّ (marsā ʕaliyy, “Ali's harbor”), or possibly مَرْسَى اللّٰه (marsā llāh, “God's harbor”). In any case, the first element is مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|scn|Marsala}} Sicilian Marsala, {{uder|en|ar|-}} Arabic, {{m|ar|مَرْسَى عَلِيّ||Ali's harbor}} مَرْسَى عَلِيّ (marsā ʕaliyy, “Ali's harbor”), {{m|ar|مَرْسَى اللّٰه||God's harbor}} مَرْسَى اللّٰه (marsā llāh, “God's harbor”), {{m|ar|مَرْسَى||harbor}} مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”), {{root|en|ar|ر س و}} Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Marsala
  1. A town in western Sicily. Categories (place): Places in Italy, Places in Sicily, Towns in Italy, Towns in Sicily
    Sense id: en-Marsala-en-name-N5hlgWUu

Noun

Forms: Marsalas [plural]
Etymology: From Sicilian Marsala, from an Arabic name, probably مَرْسَى عَلِيّ (marsā ʕaliyy, “Ali's harbor”), or possibly مَرْسَى اللّٰه (marsā llāh, “God's harbor”). In any case, the first element is مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|scn|Marsala}} Sicilian Marsala, {{uder|en|ar|-}} Arabic, {{m|ar|مَرْسَى عَلِيّ||Ali's harbor}} مَرْسَى عَلِيّ (marsā ʕaliyy, “Ali's harbor”), {{m|ar|مَرْسَى اللّٰه||God's harbor}} مَرْسَى اللّٰه (marsā llāh, “God's harbor”), {{m|ar|مَرْسَى||harbor}} مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”), {{root|en|ar|ر س و}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Marsala (countable and uncountable, plural Marsalas)
  1. A fortified wine from Sicily. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sauces, Wines Synonyms: marsala Coordinate_terms: Madeira, madeira, Porto, port, porto, sherry
    Sense id: en-Marsala-en-noun-~1Z2D~sH Disambiguation of Sauces: 2 91 7 Disambiguation of Wines: 2 91 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 92 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 92 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 2 83 15
  2. A sauce made from that wine, or (loosely) made from a similar wine from elsewhere. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Marsala-en-noun-66WrjZm9

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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