MADRID the capital of Spain, in the central part.
magnum a wine bottle holding about 1.5 liters, about twice as much as the usual bottle.
Malaga a seaport in southern Spain, on the Mediterranean.
Malagueño (Spanish) native to or typical of Malaga.
mattock a tool for loosening the soil, digging up and cutting roots, and so on; it is like a pickaxe but has a flat, adz-shaped blade on one or both sides.
Mencken H.L. (1880–1956); U.S. writer, editor, and critic.
middleweight a boxer between a junior middleweight and a super middleweight, with a maximum weight of 160 pounds.
Milano Italian name for Milan; a commune in northwestern Italy, in Lombardy.
miniature-painter a painter of very small paintings, especially portraits, done on ivory, vellum, and so on.
monsieur (French) sir, mister.
Monte Carlo a town in Monaco; gambling resort.
Montereau town in northern France, on the Seine southeast of Paris.
Montmartre a district of Paris, in the northern part; noted for its cafés and as an artists' quarter.
moraine a mound, ridge, or mass of rocks, gravel, sand, clay, and so on carried and deposited directly by a glacier along its side (lateral moraine), at its lower end (terminal moraine), or beneath the ice (ground moraine).
motor automobile.
Mucha suerte (Spanish) Much luck.
muleta (Spanish) a red flannel cloth draped over a stick and manipulated by the matador in his series of passes.
Mumms a brand of Champagne.
Muy Buenos (Spanish) Very Good.
Nada (Spanish) Nothing.
Navarrais from the province of Navarra, in northeastern Spain.
Negre Joyeaux, Café Aux Amateurs Latin Quarter cafés.
New York Herald a now-defunct daily newspaper.
Ney Michel Ney, Duc D'Elchingen, Prince de La Muskova (1769–1815); French military leader under Napoleon I; executed.
nickelled plated in nickel.
Nix (Slang) no.
Notre Dame a Catholic university located in South Bend, Indiana.
Notre Dame a famous early Gothic cathedral in Paris, built between 1163 and 1257; in full, Notre Dame de Paris.
Nouvelle Revue Française (French) New French Revision.
Nuestra Señora de Roncesvalles Our Lady of Roncesvalles.
of title titled, having a title, especially of nobility.
one of these bitches that ruins children an older woman who corrupts young men.
Opéra L'Opera Garnier, rococo opera house created by Charles Garnier.
Ospedale Maggiore the great hospital in Milan, which is the setting of part of Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms.
