Meanings
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noun
a strong, usually colorless brandy distilled from fermented plums, traditionally made in the Balkans and Central or Eastern Europe
The driver offered his guest a small glass of slivovitz against the winter cold.
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noun
· a strong, usually colorless...
plum brandyslivovica
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Related forms
rakijaslivkasliwa
Etymology
Borrowed through European forms of Serbo-Croatian šljivovica, "plum brandy," from šljiva, "plum," + the noun-forming suffix -ica. Related names occur across Slavic languages for plums and spirits distilled from them.