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Definition: Tequila |
TequilaNoun1. Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an Agave plant. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Tequila is an alcoholic beverage. It is made from the cactus-like agave plant (also called maguey), a succulent similar to the lily which is native to Mexico.
Tequila is mezcal, a strong alcoholic beverage, made in an area near the town of Tequila, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. All tequila is mezcal, what makes tequila different, is the region it is made in and the fact that tequila is made from agave Webber also called blue agave, and agave tequilana. Tequila is required to be 51% agave, the remainder is usually corn or cane sugar. There is however, tequilas made from 100% agave. Premium tequilas are 100% blue agave.
Tequila made only from agave sugars must be made in Mexico, and is marked Hecho en México (made in Mexico). Bulk agave syrup may be exported, and often has other sugars added, and caramel for colouring. If it is not made from 100% agave, tequila is called mixto.
Note: for more information on how tequila is made, see mezcal
Drinks
Tequila may be drunk straight, as with Scotch whisky, or as an ingredient in other drinks:
It is also drunk as a single shot, with salt, followed by the tequila shot, followed by sucking the juice from a lemon wedge.
- Margarita.
- Sangrita is served mixed with tequila, or accompanying it.
- Tequila martini, substituting tequila for gin.
- Tequila Sunrise.
In addition to Tequila, Jalisco, there is another municipality called Tequila in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tequila."
Crosswords: Tequila |
| English words defined with "tequila": Agave tequilana ♦ margarita. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Tequila" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (tequila), Italian (tequila), Spanish (tequila). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Before this, the most disturbing thing I ever saw was my dad doing tequila shots off the pool boy. Now, I'd gladly use that image as my screensaver (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) I'm gonna get me a bottle of tequila and find me a woman can suck the chrome off a bumper hitch (The Electric Horseman; writing credit: Shelly Burton; Paul Gaer) Just tequila. (¡Three Amigos!; writing credit: Steve Martin; Lorne Michaels) | |
Lyrics | We'll drink tequila and look for sea shells (Jessie; performing artist: Joshua Kadison) Tequila in his heartbeat, His veins burned gasoline (18 And Life; performing artist: Skid Row) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pancho Tequila (1970) Su mezcal De Tequila (1949) Tequila Express (2002) Tequila.com (2001) Tequila y mezcal (2000) | |
Song Titles | Tequila (performing artist: The Champs) | |
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| "Sierra tequila hat" by Nick Lobeck Commentary: "The only thing you remember after a nice weekend ;)." |
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Business | Argentina’s economic conditions in 1995 were additionally hit with the ripples of the Tequila Effect. (references) | |
Argentina's economy was hit in 1995 with the ripples of the Tequila Effect and again in 1999 by the devaluation of the Brazilian currency. (references) | ||
Both the number of Argentine tourists traveling to the U.S. and the respective receipts grew rapidly in the early 1990’s, and reached a stable status during 1993/95, during which the Argentine economic stability was still being put to a test after the Tequila effect. (references) | ||
Economic History | Mexico | Jalisco is renowned for its tequila, which is produced from the agave plant. (references) |
Trade | Mexico | NOM-006-SCFI-1994, for tequila published on September 3, 1997 in the Diario Oficial. (references) |
Mexico | NOM-142-SSA1-1995 for alcoholic beverages (other than tequila) published on July 9, 1997 in the Diario Oficial. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Tequila" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "Tequila" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 77.78% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Noun (proper) | 22.22% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 54 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "tequila" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Tequila | First name Female | 2,000 | 2,974 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tequila": tequila-flavoured. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tequila | 1,173 | lyrics sunrise tequila | 22 |
tequila sunrise | 120 | tequila mexico | 21 |
cabo wabo tequila | 86 | porfidio tequila | 20 |
riu tequila | 74 | recipe sunrise tequila | 20 |
tequila drink | 66 | tequila song | 19 |
patron tequila | 58 | cuervo tequila | 19 |
don julio tequila | 44 | baby tequila | 18 |
tequila brand | 44 | efecto tequila | 18 |
tequila lime chicken | 43 | tequila jalisco | 18 |
sauza tequila | 38 | tequila express | 17 |
tequila recipe | 36 | chicken lime recipe tequila | 17 |
tequila shot | 34 | tequila body shot | 16 |
tequila glasses | 32 | cazadores tequila | 16 |
rose tequila | 31 | tequila willies | 16 |
tequila worm | 29 | margaritaville tequila | 15 |
best tequila | 28 | tequila.com | 15 |
jose cuervo tequila | 26 | sammy hagar tequila | 15 |
herradura tequila | 25 | agave tequila | 15 |
rating tequila | 24 | drink sunrise tequila | 14 |
corralejo tequila | 23 | night straight tequila | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "tequila"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 龙舌兰酒. (various references) | |
Finnish | tequila. (various references) | |
French | tequila. (various references) | |
German | Tequila. (various references) | |
Greek | τεκίλα. (various references) | |
Italian | tequila. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | テーベ物語 (beefsteak, project, tail, tail end, tail fin, tail lamp, tailcoat, taillight, tailor, tailored, tailored suit, tailor-made, take, taste, Taylor system, tea, teeing ground, teenage, teen-age, teenager, teen-ager, Tegafur, Texas, Texas hit, Texas leaguer, text, text book, text file, textbook, textile, texture, Thebais, theme, Theme campaign, Theme music, theme park, Theme promotion, Theme song, tilapia, timpani, tissue, tissue paper, tissues, topic, TROFF, tympany, typical, tyranny). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | テã‚ーラ . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | equilatay.(various references) | |
Russian | текила. (various references) | |
Spanish | tequila. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tequila": tequilas. (additional references) | |
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"Tequila" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bequia, Equilia, Erquiza, Esquirla, Mtikila, taquila, Taynuilt, Tekola, tequela, tequilka, tequilla, torquilla, Tutuola. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tequila" (pronounced tukē"lu) |
| 3 | -ē" l u | Sheila. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: liquate. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-q-t-u" | |
-2 letters: equal, lutea, quail, quale, quate, quiet, quilt, quite, telia, utile. | |
-3 letters: alit, etui, ilea, late, lati, lieu, lite, litu, lute, quai, quit, tael, tail, tale, tali, teal, tela, tile, tule. | |
-4 letters: ail, ait, ale, alt, ate, eat, eau, eta, lat, lea, lei, let, leu, lie, lit, qat, qua, tae, tau, tea, tel, tie. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-q-t-u" | |
+1 letter: equality, liquated, liquates, quantile, quartile, requital, tequilas. | |
+2 letters: equitable, equitably, liquidate, qualities, qualmiest, quantiles, quartiles, requitals. | |
+3 letters: antiplaque, coequality, equability, equalities, equational, equatorial, equivalent, inequality, liquidated, liquidates, quatrefoil, sequential, squalidest, squalliest, tranquiler, ultraquiet. | |
+4 letters: aquarellist, aquiculture, equilateral, equilibrant, equilibrate, equinoctial, equivalents, inequitable, inequitably, loquacities, milquetoast, qualitative, quarterlies, quatrefoils, quitclaimed, tranquilest, tranquilize, tranquiller. | |
+5 letters: aquarellists, aquicultures, aquilinities, coequalities, equabilities, equalitarian, equalization, equationally, equilibrants, equilibrated, equilibrates, equilibrator, equinoctials, equitability, equivalently, equivocality, inadequately, inequalities, liquefaction, magniloquent, milquetoasts, quadrivalent, quantifiable, quarterfinal, questionable, questionably, sequentially, superquality, tranquilized, tranquilizer, tranquilizes, tranquillest, tranquillize, tranquilness. | |
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