Shiraz

See also: shiraz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شیراز (širâz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈɹɑːz/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːz

Proper noun

Shiraz

2. A major city in Fars province, in southern Iran, near the remains of Persepolis.

Related terms

• Shirazi

Translations

a city in southern Iran

• Arabic: شِيرَاز f (šīrāz)
• Armenian: Շիրազ (Širaz)
• Azerbaijani: Şiraz

  Cyrillic: Шираз

  Persic: شیراز

• Belarusian: Шыра́з m (Šyráz)
• Bengali: শিরাজ (śiraj)
• Bulgarian: Шира́з m (Širáz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 設拉子／设拉子 (Shèlāzǐ)

• Czech: Šíráz m
• Esperanto: Ŝirazo
• Finnish: Šīrāz, Shiraz
• French: Chiraz (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schiraz n
• Hebrew: שיראז (he) f (shiraz)
• Hindi: शिराज़ m (śirāz), शिराज (hi) m (śirāj)
• Japanese: シーラーズ (Shīrāzu)
• Latvian: Šīrāza f
• Lithuanian: Širazas m
• Marathi: शिराझ (śirājh)
• Persian:

  Dari: شیرَاز (fa) (šērāz)

  Iranian Persian: شیراز (fa) (širâz)

• Polish: Sziraz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Xiraz f
• Russian: Шира́з (ru) m (Širáz)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Шираз m

  Roman: Širaz m

• Slovak: Širáz m
• Spanish: Shiraz (es)
• Swedish: Shiraz n
• Tajik: Шероз (tg) (Šeroz)
• Turkish: Şiraz (tr)
• Ukrainian: Шира́з m (Šyráz)
• Urdu: شیراز m (śerāz)
• Uyghur: شىراز (shiraz)
• Uzbek: Shiroz

Noun

Shiraz (countable and uncountable, plural Shirazes)

2. A variety of black grape used to make wine
4. 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

• Syrah

Translations

variety of black grape

• Catalan: Sirà
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西拉葡萄 (Xīlā pútáo)

• Danish: Shiraz, Syrah
• Dutch: syrah (nl)
• Finnish: shiraz, syrah
• French: syrah (fr)
• German: Syrah (de)
• Norwegian: Syrah
• Portuguese: Shiraz, Syrah
• Romanian: Shiraz, Syrah
• Russian: Шира́з (ru) m (Širáz)
• Spanish: Syrah
• Swedish: Shiraz, Syrah

Anagrams

• Zahirs

Portuguese

Noun

Shiraz f (uncountable)

1. Shiraz (variety of black grape)

Proper noun

Shiraz f

1. Alternative spelling of Xiraz