"malvasia" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /mal.vaˈzi.a/ Forms: malvasie [plural], malvagia [alternative, archaic]
Rhymes: -ia Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Etymology templates: {{der|it|grc|Μονεμβασία||Monemvasia|pos=a city on the Peloponnese}} Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese) Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} malvasia f (plural malvasie)
  1. (usually uncountable) malvasia (grapevine) Tags: feminine, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-malvasia-it-noun-WtUO6GAz Categories (other): Grapevines Disambiguation of Grapevines: 93 7
  2. (usually uncountable) malmsey (wine) Tags: feminine, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-malvasia-it-noun-2qk9Jl10 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Wines Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 17 32 35 1 12 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Wines: 13 87

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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