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Xeres

Xeres is the obsolete form of Jerez.

Meaning of Jerez

Proper noun

Jerez

  1. A city in the province of Cádiz, western Andalusia, Spain. Official name: Jerez de la Frontera.
  2. A town in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. Official name: Jerez de los Caballeros.

See all 3 meanings of Jerez

Origin of Xeres

Doublet of Jerez and sherry.

Phrases with Xeres

Questions about Xeres

What is Xeres the obsolete form of?
Xeres is the obsolete form of Jerez.

Words near Xeres in the dictionary

  1. xerclods
  2. xerept
  3. xerepts
  4. xerert
  5. xererts
  6. Xeres
  7. Xeres wine
  8. Xeres wines
  9. xeri-
  10. xeric
  11. xerically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Xeres (page history and authors); Jerez (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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