Prosecco is a village near the city of Trieste, Italy. It is best known for giving the name to the wine Prosecco. It lies 249 metres above sea level. Prosecco was attested in written sources in 1308 as Prossecho. The name is of Slovene origin, derived from the dialect common noun prosek 'path cut through the woods'. The wine Prosecco was named after the villa…Prosecco is a village near the city of Trieste, Italy. It is best known for giving the name to the wine Prosecco. It lies 249 metres above sea level. Prosecco was attested in written sources in 1308 as Prossecho. The name is of Slovene origin, derived from the dialect common noun prosek 'path cut through the woods'. The wine Prosecco was named after the village, and this wine name was later borrowed from Italian into Slovene and Croatian as prošek.
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