English Explanatory Dictionary

Shiraz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Iran, the seat of Shiraz County's Central District and the capital of Fars Province, near the remains of Persepolis.
  2. A county of Iran, around the city.
noun
  1. A variety of black grape used to make wine.
  2. A wine made from these grapes.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Shiraz.

Pronunciation

/ʃɪˈɹɑːz/ En-Shiraz.ogg

Word forms

Shiraz Shirazes

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian شیراز (širâz).

Synonyms

Syrah

Related words

Shirazi shiraz

Translations

Arabic: شِيرَاز Armenian: Շիրազ Azerbaijani: شیراز Azerbaijani: Шираз Azerbaijani: Şiraz Belarusian: Шыра́з Bengali: শিরাজ Bulgarian: Шира́з Chinese Mandarin: 設拉子 /设拉子 Czech: Šíráz Esperanto: Ŝirazo Finnish: Šīrāz Finnish: Shiraz French: Chiraz German: Schiraz Hebrew: שיראז Hindi: शीराज़ Hindi: शेराज़ Japanese: シーラーズ Latvian: Šīrāza Lithuanian: Širazas Marathi: शिराझ Dari: شیرَاز Iranian Persian: شیراز Polish: Sziraz Portuguese: Xiraz Portuguese: Shiraz Russian: Шира́з Serbo-Croatian: Шираз Serbo-Croatian: Širaz Slovak: Širáz Spanish: Shiraz Swedish: Shiraz Tajik: Шероз Turkish: Şiraz Ukrainian: Шира́з Urdu: شیراز Uyghur: شىراز Uzbek: Shiroz
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