Zilavkanoun
Factsheet
What does the noun Zilavka mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun Zilavka. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Entry status
OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.
How common is the noun Zilavka?
| 1920 | 0.0001 |
| 1930 | 0.0004 |
| 1940 | 0.0006 |
| 1950 | 0.0008 |
| 1960 | 0.0008 |
| 1970 | 0.0009 |
| 1980 | 0.0009 |
| 1990 | 0.0011 |
| 2000 | 0.0009 |
| 2010 | 0.0007 |
How is the noun Zilavka pronounced?
British English
Where does the noun Zilavka come from?
Earliest known use
1920s
The earliest known use of the noun Zilavka is in the 1920s.
OED's earliest evidence for Zilavka is from 1926, in the writing of Philip Shand.
Nearby entries
- zigzag, n., adj., & adv.1712–
- zigzag, v.1777–
- zigzag connection, n.1922–
- zigzagged, adj.1774–
- zigzaggery, n.1761–
- zigzaggy, adj.a1845–
- zigzag machine, n.1952–
- zigzag trefoil, n.1796–
- zig-zig, n.1918–
- Zika, n.1952–
- Zilavka, n.1926–
- zilch, n. & adj.1925–
- zilch, v.1957–
- zill, n.1754–
- zilla, n.1772–
- -zilla, comb. form
- zilladar, n.1763–
- Zil lane, n.1985–
- zilla parishad, n.1957–
- zillion, n. & adj.1920–
- zillionaire, n.1926–
Meaning & use
- 1926–A white wine of Herzegovina and Macedonia, produced esp. in Mostar and known for its nutty flavour.
- 1926
Bosnia-Herzegovina..The principal wines are the red growth of Blatina..and the white Zilavka, a potent, greenish-yellow wine with a Muscatelle bouquet.
P. M. Shand, Book of Wine x. 255 - 1954
Zilavka, a yellow wine, and Blatina, a heavy claret, both come from Herzegovina.
M. Krippner, Yugoslavia Invites 199 - 1965
I tried Zilavka—a wine..from the Macedonian vineyards near the Greek frontier.
Sun 23 January 6/6 - 1978
We recommend Zilavka from Mostar vineyard, white but with enough richness and strength for meats.
Chicago June 220/2
the world food and drink drink intoxicating liquor wine wines of other regions [nouns] Eastern Europe- Tokay wine1710–(Also Tokay wine.) A rich sweet wine of an aromatic flavour, made near Tokay in Hungary; hence applied to a Californian wine made in imitation of…
- Imperial Tokay1759–(More fully Imperial Tokay wine) Tokay wine of the finest quality; cf. essence, n. 9c.
- essence1773–Name of a variety of Tokay wine.
- Cotnar1833–A sweet white wine produced near Cotnar in Rumania.
- Carlowitz1858–A red wine of Carlowitz on the Danube (above Belgrade).
- Vöslauer1920–An Austrian red or white table wine from Vöslau in the Vienna Woods.
- bull's blood1926–A full-bodied red wine made in and around the village of Eger in Hungary.
- Saperavi1926–A red wine from the Republic of Georgia.
- Zilavka1926–A white wine of Herzegovina and Macedonia, produced esp. in Mostar and known for its nutty flavour.
- Mukuzani1948–A dry red wine from the Republic of Georgia.
- Lutomer1954–Used attributively for the wine produced in the Lutomer region.
- tiger's milk1959–a. An acrid white juice of Excœcaria Agallocha, a small euphorbiaceous East Indian tree; b. gin (slang); c. = Tiger Milk, n.
- Tiger Milk1961–A name given to Slovenian dessert wine made from over-ripe grapes.
- Tsinandali1961–A dry white wine produced in the Tsinandali district of the Republic of Georgia.
Pronunciation
British English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
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Frequency
Zilavka typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
Zilavka is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of Zilavka, n., 1920–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1920 | 0.0001 |
| 1930 | 0.0004 |
| 1940 | 0.0006 |
| 1950 | 0.0008 |
| 1960 | 0.0008 |
| 1970 | 0.0009 |
| 1980 | 0.0009 |
| 1990 | 0.0011 |
| 2000 | 0.0009 |
| 2010 | 0.0007 |