Saratoga
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Corruption of a Mohawk word se-rach-ta-gue, sa-ra-ta-ke (“the hillside country of the quiet river”), which the early Dutch settlers interpreted as Sarachtoge.[1] More at Saratoga.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Saratoga
- The name of various towns in the USA:
- A city in Santa Clara County, California.
- A neighbourhood of Omaha, Nebraska, formerly a town also known as Saratoga Springs.
- A town in Saratoga County, New York, adjacent to Saratoga Springs.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Saratoga Township.
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
Saratoga (plural Saratogas)
- A cocktail resembling a Manhattan, with the base split between rye whiskey and cognac or brandy.
- 1948, Lucy Corbett, Sidney Corbett, Long Windows, page 185:
- But don't serve Saratogas to a meeting of the Ladies Aid Society. They're loaded with too much dynamite!
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