Shiraz
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Persian شیراز (širâz).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
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Shiraz
- A major city in Fars province, in southern Iran, near the remains of Persepolis.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a city in southern Iran
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Noun
[edit]Shiraz (countable and uncountable, plural Shirazes)
- A variety of black grape used to make wine.
- A wine made from these grapes.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 253:
- Miss Arundel.—"And drink his health in Shiraz wine."
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]variety of black grape
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]Shiraz f (uncountable)
- Shiraz (variety of black grape)
Proper noun
[edit]Shiraz f
- Alternative spelling of Xiraz
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