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pisqu
Quechua · pre-1500s
"bird"
meant 'bird', later becoming the name of a Peruvian valley and its potter inhabitants
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Pisco
Spanish · 1500s-1600s
"a port city in Peru; later the brandy exported from it"
became the name of the Peruvian port town where the grape brandy was shipped from
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pisco
English · 1900s
"a clear grape brandy distilled in Peru and Chile"
borrowed into English to name the South American grape brandy
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