| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bodega |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bo·de·ga |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -d  g |
| NOUN: | 1. A small grocery store, sometimes combined with a wineshop, in certain Hispanic communities. 2. A warehouse for the storage of wine. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, from Latin apoth ca, storehouse. See apothecary.
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