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bourbon

Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ).bən/

The English word “bourbon” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A whiskey distilled in the United States from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels.
  2. A serving of bourbon whiskey.
  3. A Bourbon biscuit.

Etymology

From bourbon whiskey, originally Bourbon whiskey, of disputed provenance. Generally taken to derive from Bourbon County, Kentucky, but possibly also from Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Both derive from the French Bourbon dynasty, named for the lordship of French Bourbon l'Archambault. The town's name derives from Borvo, a local Celtic deity associated with hot springs, from…

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