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Rioja
[ ree-oh-hah; Spanish ree-aw-hah ]
noun
- a table wine, especially a dry red wine, from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
rioja
/ riːˈəʊxə /
noun
- a red or white wine, with a distinctive vanilla bouquet and flavour, produced around the Ebro river in central N Spain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Rioja1
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Example Sentences
Domingo Pascual Andrada, ex-cop, accused of taking Marita from Tucuman to La Rioja.
Gonzalo Jose Gomez, accused of being the manager of the bordellos in La Rioja.
You must know that I always have a dozen hams hanging from the beams of my storeroom, and I have twenty casks of Rioja, yes, sir.
Here came Rioja, Cespedes, Jauregui, and others of less note.
This people had lived from time immemorial in the valleys of Rioja and Catamarca, and had been under the suzerainty of the Incas.
Gongora was a priest; and Rioja received a high post in the Inquisition.
I have mentioned in the note to p. 40 Bodenbender's work on the province of La Rioja.
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