burgundy

adjective1

1. •
   Of a deep purple red color like that of Burgundy wine.

   • She and her beige-chemised assistant entered the salonlike fourth-floor showroom and were ushered into a smaller private room with burgundy carpeting that matched Rubylee's J. Tiktiner print dress. — 1981

noun1

1. •
   A dark red colour tinged with purple, like that of Burgundy (red) wine.

noun4

1. •
   A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
2. •
   A variety of wine from this region, chiefly red wine made with pinot noir grapes.

   • Some day, when you are tired of London, come down to Treadley, and expound to me your philosophy of pleasure over some admirable Burgundy I am fortunate enough to possess. — 1891
3. •
   A variety of wine resembling that of Burgundy; especially from Australia or California.
4. •
   An early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands.