Bur·gun·dy

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• A ducal house of Burgundy split into the Capetian line (1032–1361) and the Cadet, or Valois, line (1363–1477).
• A Portuguese dynasty (1139–1383) beginning with Alfonso I, who made Portugal an independent kingdom.
• A historical region and former duchy of eastern France. The area was first organized into a kingdom by the Burgundii, a Germanic people, in the 5th century AD. At the height of its later power in the 14th and 15th centuries, Burgundy controlled vast territories in present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and northeast France. It was incorporated into the French crown lands by Louis XI in 1477.
• noun Any of various red or white wines produced in the Burgundy region of France.
• noun Any of various similar wines produced elsewhere.
• noun A dark grayish or blackish red to dark purplish red or reddish brown.