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Pisco
Pisco , city (1993 pop. 53,714), capital of Pisco prov., SW Peru, a port on the Pacific Ocean. The major industries are the production of the famous Pisco brandy, the cultivation and processing of cotton, and commercial fishing. On the adjacent Paracas peninsula are ruins from a pre-Inca civilization. The city was devastated by an earthquake in 2007. |
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"Pisco." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Pisco." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Pisco.html "Pisco." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Pisco.html |
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pisco
pisco South American (Chilean, Peruvian); brandy made from muscat grapes. A pisco sour is a mixture of pisco with 2 parts lime juice, sweetened to taste.
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DAVID A. BENDER. "pisco." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "pisco." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-pisco.html DAVID A. BENDER. "pisco." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-pisco.html |
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Pisco
Pisco, Peru A river and a city founded in 1640 by the Spanish with a Quechua name ‘Bird’.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Pisco." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Pisco." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Pisco.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Pisco." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Pisco.html |
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pisco
pisco •tacho, taco, tobacco, wacko
•blanco, Franco
•churrasco, fiasco, Tabasco
•Arco, Gran Chaco, mako
•art deco, dekko, echo, Eco, El Greco, gecko, secco
•flamenco, Lysenko, Yevtushenko
•alfresco, fresco, Ionesco
•Draco, shako
•Biko, Gromyko, pekoe, picot, Puerto Rico, Tampico
•sicko, thicko, tricot, Vico
•ginkgo, pinko, stinko
•cisco, disco, Disko, Morisco, pisco, San Francisco
•zydeco • magnifico • calico • Jellicoe
•haricot • Jericho • Mexico • simpatico
•politico • portico
•psycho, Tycho
•Morocco, Rocco, sirocco, socko
•bronco
•Moscow, roscoe
•Rothko
•coco, cocoa, loco, moko, Orinoco, poco, rococo
•osso buco • Acapulco
•Cuzco, Lambrusco
•bucko, stucco
•bunco, junco, unco
•guanaco • Monaco • turaco • Turco
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"pisco." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "pisco." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-pisco.html "pisco." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-pisco.html |
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