How to pronounce Jordanian wine

Jordanian wine is written نبيذ أردني where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /nabiːð urˈdunni/. In plain English letters that is nah-BEETH or-DOON-nee, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Jordanian wine?

Jordanian wine is a drink of Jordan. Where it comes from: Mafraq. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are vegetables. It tastes rich.

Where Jordanian wine comes from

Jordanian wine is one of 10 signature dishes of Jordan on this map.

• Mansaf منسف · Rice dish · Amman and Karak

  Mansaf is lamb cooked in jameed, a sauce made from dried, salted sheep's or goat's yogurt, served on a large tray over thin shrak bread and a mound of rice, scattered with toasted almonds and pine nuts.

• Maqluba مقلوبة · Rice dish · All Jordan

  Maqluba, "upside-down", is a pot of rice, meat, usually chicken or lamb, and fried vegetables such as aubergine, cauliflower and potato, cooked in layers and then turned out onto a large plate in one piece, like a cake.

• Galayet bandora قلاية بندورة · Main dish · Aqaba and the south

  Galayet bandora, "pan of tomatoes", is tomatoes fried in olive oil with onion, garlic, hot peppers and salt until soft and thick.

• Zarb زرب · Main dish · Aqaba (Wadi Rum)

  Zarb is meat and vegetables cooked in a pit dug in the ground, which works as an underground oven.

• Jameed جميد · Snack · Jordan

  Jameed is hard, dried and soured yogurt, shaped into balls and left in the sun until it is stone-hard; it is then cooked, or used to cook other dishes.

• Rashoof رشوف · Soup & stew · Northern Jordan

  Rashoof, also called madqouqa, is a traditional Jordanian dish especially known in the north and centre of the country and in the Syrian desert.

Food of Jordan

Dishes like Jordanian wine in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Jordanian wine:

• Israeli wine יין ישראלי · Drink · Haifa District (Zikhron Ya'akov), Israel

  Wine has been made in the Land of Israel since biblical times; it was exported to Rome in the Roman period, almost disappeared under the Muslim rulers and was briefly revived under the Crusaders.

• Lebanese wine نبيذ لبناني · Drink · Beqaa, Lebanon

  Lebanon has a winemaking history of some 5,000 years and is one of the oldest wine regions in the world.

• Ararat brandy Հայկական կոնյակ · Drink · Yerevan, Armenia

  Armenian brandy, known at home as konyak, is made from white grapes and spring water by a traditional method, and the best-known label, Ararat, is produced in Yerevan.

• Cognac · Drink · Cognac (Charente), France

  Cognac is a brandy distilled from white wine and named after the town of Cognac in Charente.