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Sambuca (Italian: [samˈbuːka]) is an Italian anise-flavoured liqueur. Its most common variety is often referred to as "white sambuca" to differentiate it from other varieties that are deep blue ("black sambuca") or bright red ("red sambuca"). [ 1 ]
The sambuca (also sambute, sambiut, sambue, sambuque, or sambuke [1]) was an ancient stringed instrument of Asiatic origin. The term sambuca is also applied to a number of other instruments. Original
The sambuca (Ancient Greek: σαμβύκη) [1] was a ship-borne siege engine which was invented by Heracleides of Tarentum [2] and was first used unsuccessfully by Marcus Claudius Marcellus during the Roman siege of Syracuse in 213 BC. [3] Polybius describes usage of the machine: As well as these vessels he had eight quinqueremes in pairs ...
Sambuca di Sicilia (Sicilian: Sammuca) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 68 kilometres (42 mi) southwest of Palermo and about 89 kilometres (55 mi) northwest of Agrigento.
The taxonomy of the genus Sambucus L., originally described by Carl Linnaeus and hence its botanical authority, has been complicated by its wide geographical distribution and morphological diversity.
Sambucus nigra is a species complex of flowering plants in the family Viburnaceae native to most of Europe. [1] Common names include elder, elderberry, black elder, European elder, European elderberry, and European black elderberry.
Sambuca is an alcoholic drink. Sambuca may also refer to: Sambuca (siege engine), ancient naval weapon; Sambuca (instrument), an ancient stringed instrument; Sambuca or sambuca rotata, a hurdy-gurdy, a hand-cranked stringed musical instrument from the Middle Ages; Sambuca, a song by British garage act Wideboys; Sambuca di Sicilia, comune in ...
In August 2014, Sambuca started a family counseling charity in the Estonian town of Haapsalu, [2] where she lives. [11] She offered the President and his wife free marriage counseling after footage emerged of the First Lady in an intimate situation with another man. [2] [12] Sambuca is a flautist and has performed as part of a professional ...