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Macon.

A dry red or white burgundy wine produced around Mâcon or extremely similar to such wines.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmakɒ̃/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmɑːkɒ̃/Received-Pronunciation/mɑˈkɔn/General-American
  1. A dry red or white burgundy wine produced around Mâcon or extremely similar to such wines.

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Where this word comes from

An anglicized form of French Mâcon, from earlier Mascon and Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).

name/ˈmeɪkən/General-American
  1. A surname.

  2. A city, the county seat of Bibb County, Georgia, United States, with which it is now consolidated as Macon-Bibb County.

  3. A city, the county seat of Noxubee County, Mississippi, United States.

  4. A city, the county seat of Macon County, Missouri, United States.

Where this word comes from

Named in honor of Nathaniel Macon.

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