means A Mexican distilled spirit made from the fermented and distilled juice of the blue agave plant, produced mainly around the town of Tequila in the state of Jalisco.

from Named for the town of Tequila in Jalisco, Mexico, where the spirit was first made on a large scale. The place-name itself comes from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs — though its exact meaning is debated, with suggestions ranging from 'place of tribute' to 'place of cutting,' a fitting nod to the harvesting of the agave's spiky heart. So the drink carries its birthplace in its name, the way Champagne and Cognac do.