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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Malvasia |
(m lv s ´) (KEY) or Monemvasía (mô´´n mväs´ä) (KEY) , village, S Greece, in the Peloponnesus, on a rocky island joined to the mainland by a mole. In the Middle Ages it was a fortress and an important commercial port, exporting Malvasian or malmsey wine, a type now made in many places. It was (1821) the seat of the first Greek national assembly. |
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