Tokay (1687)

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THE PRESENT STATE OF HUNGARY
London: R. Rhodes
1687
(Early English Books Online)

Pg. 20:
   TOKAY
(...)
   This Town is subject to Inundations, and yet the Land about it is very Fertile, and bears excellent Wine called by that name.

(OED has 1710.  I had previously posted 1696--ed.)



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