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vod⋅ka

  [vod-kuh]
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–noun
an unaged, colorless, distilled spirit, originally made in Russia.
Origin:
1795–1805; < Russ vódka, equiv. to vod(á) water + -ka n. suffix
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vod·ka   (vŏd'kə)   
n.  An alcoholic liquor originally distilled from fermented wheat mash but now also made from a mash of rye, corn, or potatoes.

[Russian, diminutive of voda, water; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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vodka 
1802, from Rus. vodka, lit. "little water," from voda "water" (from PIE *wedor, *wodor; see water) + dim. suffix -ka.
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