shiraz

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/ʃɪˈɹɑːz/

proper noun

A city in Iran, the seat of Shiraz County's Central District and the capital of Fars Province, near the remains of Persepolis.

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Meanings

shiraz1

nounshiraz (countable and uncountable, plural shirazes)

plural shirazes

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Shiraz.

    I slept really well, too, but that may have been because of another healing ingredient I use called shiraz.

    2007 March 15, Mike Albo, “Save a Face, Save the World”, in New York Times

Shiraz2

proper noun
  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.
nounShiraz (countable and uncountable, plural Shirazes)

plural Shirazes

  1. countableuncountableA variety of black grape used to make wine.

    Synonyms: Syrah, syrah

  2. countableuncountableA 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, syrah

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA variety of black grape used to make wine.

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nounA wine made from these grapes.

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Origin

  1. Iranian Persianشیراز
  2. EnglishShiraz

Borrowed from Iranian Persian شیراز (širâz).

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Translations

Arabic شِيرَاز
  • شِيرَاز (šīrāz)a city and county in southern Iran
Bengali শিরাজ
  • শিরাজ (śiraj)a city and county in southern Iran
Bulgarian Шира́з
  • Шира́з (Širáz)a city and county in southern Iran
Catalan Sirà
  • Siràvariety of black grape
Chinese Mandarin 設拉子 /设拉子, 西拉葡萄
  • 設拉子 /设拉子 (Shèlāzǐ)a city and county in southern Iran
  • 西拉葡萄 (Xīlā pútáo)variety of black grape
Czech Šíráz
  • Šíráza city and county in southern Iran
Danish Shiraz, Syrah
  • Shirazvariety of black grape
  • Syrahvariety of black grape
Dutch syrah
  • syrahvariety of black grape
Esperanto Ŝirazo
  • Ŝirazoa city and county in southern Iran
Finnish Šīrāz, Shiraz
  • Šīrāza city and county in southern Iran
  • Shiraza city and county in southern Iran
  • shirazvariety of black grape
  • syrahvariety of black grape
French Chiraz, syrah
  • Chiraza city and county in southern Iran
  • syrahvariety of black grape
German Schiraz, Syrah
  • Schiraza city and county in southern Iran
  • Syrahvariety of black grape
Hebrew שיראז
  • שיראז (shiraz)a city and county in southern Iran
Hindi शीराज़, शेराज़
  • शीराज़ (śīrāz)a city and county in southern Iran
  • शेराज़ (śerāz)a city and county in southern Iran
Japanese シーラーズ
  • シーラーズ (Shīrāzu)a city and county in southern Iran
Latvian Šīrāza
  • Šīrāzaa city and county in southern Iran
Lithuanian Širazas
  • Širazasa city and county in southern Iran
Norwegian Syrah
  • Syrahvariety of black grape
Polish Sziraz
  • Sziraza city and county in southern Iran
Portuguese Xiraz, Shiraz
  • Xiraza city and county in southern Iran
  • Shiraza city and county in southern Iran
  • Shirazvariety of black grape
  • Syrahvariety of black grape
Romanian Shiraz, Syrah
  • Shirazvariety of black grape
  • Syrahvariety of black grape
Russian Шира́з, Шира́з
  • Шира́з (Širáz)a city and county in southern Iran
  • Шира́з (Širáz)variety of black grape
Slovak Širáz
  • Širáza city and county in southern Iran
Spanish Shiraz, Syrah
  • Shiraza city and county in southern Iran
  • Syrahvariety of black grape
Swedish Shiraz, Shiraz
  • Shiraza city and county in southern Iran
  • Shirazvariety of black grape
  • Syrahvariety of black grape
Turkish Şiraz
  • Şiraza city and county in southern Iran
Ukrainian Шира́з
  • Шира́з (Šyráz)a city and county in southern Iran
Urdu شیراز
  • شیراز (śerāz)a city and county in southern Iran

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APA

shiraz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiraz

MLA

“shiraz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiraz. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shiraz,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiraz.

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