Yarobh'am

let the people increase

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One oversized wine bottle beside four matching standard wine bottles, making its approximately four-bottle capacity clear through comparison.

noun

jeroboam

jair-uh-BOH-um/ˌdʒerəˈbəʊəm/

An oversized wine bottle holding several standard bottles.

Etymology

jeroboamHebrewlet the people increase

Yarobh'am means 'let the people increase' and is the name behind the biblical Jeroboam. The large wine bottle was named after him; the evidence does not explain the choice.

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