Etymology

pisco

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Today it means: A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Full definition →

Spanish pisco ← Quechua pisqu
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Borrowed from Spanish pisco, from the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

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