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Chianti (n.)

also Chiante, kind of dry red wine, 1833, from Chianti Mountains of Tuscany, where the wine was made. "[L]oosely applied to various inferior Italian wines" [OED].

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Definitions of Chianti from WordNet

Chianti (n.)
dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany;
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