Jerez
See also: jerez
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editJerez
- A city in the province of Cádiz, western Andalusia, Spain. Official name: Jerez de la Frontera.
- A town in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. Official name: Jerez de los Caballeros.
Noun
editJerez (uncountable)
- (archaic) sherry
- 1880, Edmondo De Amicis, Spain and the Spaniards, page 405:
- Not being accustomed to drink any but watered wine, he was imprudent enough to take down at one swallow a glass of Jerez.
- 2019, Stephanie Laurens, A Conquest Impossible to Resist:
- He moved to the tantalus, poured her a glass of the sherry she preferred, and, holding his own as well, carried the glass of Jerez to her.
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish Xerés, from Arabic شَرِيش (šarīš), from Latin Ceret, Caeret, which has been etymologically identified with the Caere in Etruria.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /xeˈɾeθ/ [xeˈɾeθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /xeˈɾes/ [xeˈɾes]
- Rhymes: -eθ
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: Je‧rez
Proper noun
editJerez ?
- Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera (a city in western Andalusia, Spain)
- Jerez, Jerez de los Caballeros (a town in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain)
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