Shiraz
See also: shiraz
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian شیراز (širâz).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɪˈɹɑːz/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːz
Proper noun
Shiraz
- A city in Iran, the seat of Shiraz County's Central District and the capital of Fars Province, near the remains of Persepolis.
- A county of Iran, around the city.
Related terms
Translations
a city and county in southern Iran
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Noun
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
Translations
variety of black grape
Anagrams
Portuguese
Noun
Shiraz f (uncountable)
- Shiraz (variety of black grape)
Proper noun
Shiraz f
- alternative spelling of Xiraz