Châteauneuf-du-Pape

noun

Châ·​teau·​neuf-du-Pape

shätōnœfdᵫ̅pȧp

plural -s

: a usually red wine produced in the Rhone valley north of Avignon

Word History

Etymology

from Châteauneuf-du-Pape, commune near Avignon, France

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