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Chardonnay

/ʃaʁ.dɔ.nɛ/

proper noun/ʃaʁ.dɔ.nɛ/

a village in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France

From Late Latin Cardonnacum, from Latin carduus (“wild thistle, artichoke”), a name from the Roman period describing the surrounding area.