Etymology

mazagran

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Today it means: A long cold coffee beverage with lemon, ice, and sometimes sugar, rum or water, served in a tall glass. Full definition →

French mazagran
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  1. French · borrowed frommazagran
  2. English todaymazagran

Borrowed from French mazagran, named after the Algerian town of Mazagran, the site of a French victory in 1840.

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