macon
macon Lexical Profile
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• noun
British A type of cured and smoked meat, originally made from mutton but now often made from beef or poultry, prepared in the style of bacon and frequently serving as a halal or kosher alternative.
"The breakfast buffet offered crispy beef macon for guests who preferred not to consume pork."
A wine, typically a dry white made from Chardonnay grapes, produced in the Mâcon region of Burgundy, France.
"We ordered a chilled bottle of Macon to accompany our roasted poultry and soft cheeses."
A city in east-central France, serving as the prefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, situated along the Saône river and renowned for its surrounding vineyards.
Word Nuance & Usage
Macon (or Mâcon) is typically capitalized when referring to the French city or its regional wine, but is generally lowercased when referring to the cured meat alternative to bacon.
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Word Origin & Etymology
The word has two distinct linguistic origins. As a city and wine, it derives from the French city of Mâcon (from Latin 'Matisco'). As a meat product, it is a portmanteau of 'mutton' (or 'meat') and 'bacon', coined in the UK during World War II when pork was rationed.
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