A fortified wine from southern Spain, ranging from dry to sweet, often served as an aperitif or used in cooking.
From the city of Jerez in Spain, which in Arabic was 'Sherish.' English traders anglicized it to 'sherry' by the 16th century.
Sherry's name is a complete linguistic accident—it's just the English mispronunciation of 'Jerez' that stuck so well it became the official name worldwide, even in Spain they sometimes call it 'Jerez sherry' to be clear.
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