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te⋅qui⋅la

  [tuh-kee-luh]
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–noun
1. a strong liquor from Mexico, distilled from fermented mash of an agave.
2. the plant itself, Agave tequilana.
Origin:
1840–50; after Tequila, a town in Jalisco, Mexico, a center for its production
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te·qui·la   (tə-kē'lə)   
n.  An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.

[American Spanish, after Tequila, a town of west-central Mexico.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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tequila 
1849, from Amer.Sp. tequila, from Tequila, name of a district in central Mexico noted for the fine quality of its tequila. Tequila sunrise is attested by 1965.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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