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‖ rakia|raˈkija, ˈrakia|
Also rakija.
[a. Bulg. rakíya, Serbo-Croat ràkija: cf. raki.]
In the Balkan countries: brandy, liquor; = prec.
1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 1290/2 Rakia is a Dalmatian spirit, drawn from the murk of the wine-press, mingled with aromatics. 1926Blackw. Mag. Apr. 526/1 It was a large scent-bottle filled with rakija. 1932G. Greene Stamboul Train iv. i. 179 Ninitch sipped his glass of rakia; the heavy plum wine brought tears to his eyes. 1950V. Canning Forest of Eyes iii. 62 He took the rakia bottle from his desk drawer and set two glasses. 1959F. Maclean Back to Bokhara ii. 103 Rakia, the plum brandy of Bosnia. 1966New Statesman 11 Nov. 705/2 A Montenegrin town, in 1943, is garrisoned by a tattered Venetian legion... The garrison stifles in rock heat, bloats on rakija. 1980J. Hone Flowers of Forest i. 21 Playing chess over a bottle of rakia somewhere in Yugoslavia. |