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portFunction: noun
Etymology: Oporto, Portugal
: a sweet fortified wine of rich taste and aroma made in Portugal; also : a similar wine made elsewhere
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionaryport (4)
noun
Definition:
strong sweet wine: a strong sweet fortified wine usually drunk after dinner. It is usually a deep red color, but some kinds are brownish tawny port and some white. Originally from Portugal, port-style wine is now made in other countries.
[Late 17th century. After Porto]
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(also port wine)
• noun a sweet dark red fortified wine from Portugal.
— ORIGIN shortened form of Oporto, a port in Portugal from which the wine is shipped.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/port_2?v...port (WINE)
noun [U]
a strong sweet wine made in Portugal
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?ke...portPronunciation: (pôrt, pōrt), [key]
—n.
any of a class of very sweet wines, mostly dark-red, originally from Portugal.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/portport3 /pɔrt, poʊrt/
–noun
any of a class of very sweet wines, mostly dark-red, originally from Portugal.
[Origin: 1695–95; earlier Oporto, (Port) O Port < Pg Oporto Oporto, the main port of shipment for the wines of Portugal]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=port&r=66port n. ports [...] 3. Sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal;
http://www.ultralingua.com/onlinedictionary/?...portEncyclopædia Britannica Article
also called Porto, specifically, a sweet, fortified, usually red wine of considerable renown from the Douro region of northern Portugal, named for the town of Oporto where it is aged and bottled; also, any of several similar fortified wines produced elsewhere. The region of true port production is strictly delimited by Portuguese law. The soil and grapes, and the skill of Oporto vintners [...]
Encyclopædia Britannica,
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9060899/portPort wine
Port wine (also known as Vinho do Porto, Oporto, Porto, or simply
Port) is a sweet Portuguese fortified wine from the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. It is often served as a dessert wine. [...]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_%28wine%29Port (?), n. [From Oporto, in Portugal, i. e., porto the port, L. portus. See Port harbor.] A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.
Webster Dictionary, 1913
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PortweinPortwein ist ein schwerer Wein aus Portugal. Die Trauben dürfen nur von Reben in einem genau umgrenzten Gebiet im nordportugiesischen Douro-Tal geerntet werden. [...]
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/PortweinPortwein[nach dem portugiesischen Hafen Porto]
schwerer Südwein aus Portugal; speziell die im Stromgebiet des Douro erzeugten dunkelroten und weißen Weine mit künstlich erhöhtem Alkohol- (rund 20%) und Zuckergehalt.
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Port|wein [nach der portugies. Stadt Porto] m. 1 süßer portugies. Wein
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Port|wein [m. 1] ein dunkler Süßwein [nach dem port. Ausfuhrhafen Porto]
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Port|wein, der; -[e]s, -e [nach der portugiesischen Stadt Porto]: schwerer, braunroter od. weißer Dessertwein ...
Duden - Deutsches Universalwörterbuch,
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Aus: BERTELSMANN Wörterbuch
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Port [m. 1] [...] 3 [kurz für] Portwein
http://www.wissen.de/wde/generator/wissen/res...PortDer Begriff Port wird in der Regel aus der englischen Sprache (für: „Tür“ oder „Eingang“) abgeleitet und bezeichnet:
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* eine Weinsorte benannt nach der portugiesischen Stadt Porto, siehe Portwein
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