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shiraz

/ʃɪˈɹɑːz/

shiraz is the alternative letter-case form of Shiraz.

Proper noun capitalized: Shiraz

Shiraz

  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 capitalized: Shiraz

Shiraz (countable and uncountable, plural Shirazes)

  1. A variety of black grape used to make wine.
    Synonyms:
    Syrah
  2. A wine made from these grapes.
    • Miss Arundel.—"And drink his health in Shiraz wine."1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 253
    Synonyms:
    Syrah

Synonyms of shiraz

Forms of shiraz

pluralshirazes
pluralShirazes

Origin of shiraz

Borrowed from Iranian Persian شیراز (širâz).

Words that rhyme with shiraz

Questions about shiraz

What does shiraz mean?
Shiraz means a city in Iran, the seat of Shiraz County's Central District and the capital of Fars Province, near the remains of Persepolis.
What is shiraz the alternative letter-case form of?
Shiraz is the alternative letter-case form of Shiraz.
What part of speech is shiraz?
Shiraz can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce shiraz?
Shiraz is pronounced /ʃɪˈɹɑːz/.

Words near shiraz in the dictionary

  1. shirallee
  2. shirallees
  3. shiranui-gata
  4. Shiras
  5. shirataki
  6. shiraz
  7. shirazes
  8. Shirazi
  9. Shirazis
  10. Shirburnian
  11. Shirburnians

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