Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brandy of Turkey and the Balkans, distilled from grapes or plums and flavored with anise.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless aromatic spirituous liquor, prepared from grain-spirit, as in Greece, or from distilled grape-juice, as in the Levant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of ardent spirits used in southern Europe and the East, distilled from grape juice, grain, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
Turkish liqueur flavored withanise .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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He drank raki, which is the potent anise-flavored national drink in Turkey.
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Turks call raki lion's milk, and it looks a little like milk after you put the water in.
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Turk from Tabreez catches me aside and asks mysteriously if my packages contain any "raki" (arrack).
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894
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Also they serve "raki", an anise liquor which is a favorite of mine.
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Turkish 'raki' loses out to cheap beer in economic slump
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But the move has raised hackles among some secularists in a country whose modern founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, was a renowned drinker of raki , the national anisette spirit.
Alcohol Hits Nerve In Turkey Marc Champion 2011
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Our partners at the Aegean Pearl prepared an extraordinary celebration -- with beautiful decorations (including a vast array of blue and white balloons and flowers), tables full of traditional Greek and Cretan mezes (appetizers), newly-invented drinks (blue ouzo and raki, special blue water), and above all, a special cake.
Alex Pattakos: 'Opa! Day' Celebrating All Things Greek! Alex Pattakos 2011
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Our partners at the Aegean Pearl prepared an extraordinary celebration -- with beautiful decorations (including a vast array of blue and white balloons and flowers), tables full of traditional Greek and Cretan mezes (appetizers), newly-invented drinks (blue ouzo and raki, special blue water), and above all, a special cake.
Alex Pattakos: 'Opa! Day' Celebrating All Things Greek! Alex Pattakos 2011
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A one-liter bottle of raki, also known as lion's milk, now averages about $35.
Alcohol Hits Nerve In Turkey Marc Champion 2011
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Pernod Ricard has said its most popular brands, including Absolut, Chivas, Havana Club and Ballantines — though they typically sell at a premium to raki — grew 40% in Turkey in 2010.
Alcohol Hits Nerve In Turkey Marc Champion 2011
reesetee commented on the word raki
A strong Turkish liqueur made from anise and raisins.
February 26, 2007
mollusque commented on the word raki
In Angora, Mustafa Kemal let it be printed in the newspaper that he would be holding a tea at Chankaya while in actuality he'd left for his headquarters in the field. With his mean, he drank the last raki he'd take until the battle was over.
--Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002, Middlesex, p. 34-35
August 6, 2008