Meaning of Chianti | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hilly geographic region in central Tuscany, Italy, famous for red wines.
   countable, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of Chianti.
   alt-of, countable, uncountable
3. A Tuscan red wine.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.”

“[…] the Spouse scavenged and sold scrap metal for a fistful of lire, ate horse meat without censure and lugged straw baskets home from the neighborhood osteria, where chianti flowed from spigots.”

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