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Tokaj , town, NE Hungary, on the Tisza and Bodrog rivers. The grapes for the noted Tokay wine are grown in the surrounding region, where wine has been produced since the 12th cent.

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Tokaj, Hungary Lying at the confluence of the Bodrog and Tisza Rivers, its name comes from the Slavonic tok ‘current’, a reference to the rivers. It gives its name to the sweet white wine.

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