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Definition: Shiraz |
ShirazNoun1. A city in central southwestern Iran; ruins of ancient Persepolis are nearby. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Shiraz" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Crosswords: Shiraz |
| Specialty definitions using "Shiraz": Abou ebn Sina ♦ Gulistan. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Shiraz is the name of a grape used to make a popular style of red wine, either on its own or blended with others. It is known as Syrah in French, though some argue the grapes have diverged sufficiently to be considered separate varieties.In France it is the main grape of the Northern Rhone, associated with classic wines such as Hermitage and Cote-rotie. Although its best incarnations will age for decades, it is usually regarded as an early-drinking wine. For this reason it has been widely used as a basic blending grape in the red wines of many countries.
It is Australia's most popular red grape (also sometimes called Hermitage there), and is grown in many wine growing regions around the world. Shiraz has not always been in favor in Australia; in the 1970s white wine was so popular growers were ripping up unprofitable Shiraz vineyards, even those with very old vines. Many factors, including the French paradox and the affinity of influential wine critic Robert M. Parker, Jr for the lush, powerful wines produced from Shiraz caused a turnaround in demand, and plantings expanded dramatically through the 1980s and 1990s.
Wines made from Shiraz are quite powerfully flavoured and full-bodied, with a distinctive "spicy" finish. With time in the bottle these flavours are moderated, and indeed many premium Shiraz-based wines are at their best after some considerable time aged in a cellar. The large Australian firm of Penfolds says that its flagship Shiraz-based wine, Grange, does not start giving its best until 12-15 years from the vintage.
In Australia, and other New World countries, it is common to blend Shiraz with either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot, and such wines are labeled with the grape providing the largest volume listed first. For instance, a blend with a majority of Shiraz and a minority of Merlot would be labeled "Shiraz-Merlot".
Shiraz is also used to make the unique "sparkling Shiraz," an alarmingly blood-red sparkling wine that is not usually exported from Australia.
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Shiraz is a city in southwest Iran, the capital of Fars Province. It was the capital of Persia from 1750 to 1779, until Tehran became the capital.There are two universities (general and medical) in Shiraz. It is famous for its carpet production.
The ruins of Persepolis are nearby.
Notable people
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Shiraz."
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Movie/TV Titles | Shiraz (1928) | |
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Civil Liberties | Iran | In April 2000, the defendants were appointed lawyers, and a closed trial commenced in a revolutionary court in Shiraz. (references) |
Iran | Sources also report that authorities in Tehran, Isfahan, and Shiraz also confiscated private Baha'i property during the year. (references) | |
Iran | Since the beginning of the trial, Jewish businesses in Tehran and Shiraz have been targets of vandalism and boycotts, and Jews reportedly suffered personal harassment and intimidation. (references) | |
Economic History | Iran | Other cities--Isfahan, Tabriz, Mashhad, Shiraz. (references) |
Human Rights | Iran | In February and March 1999, security forces in the cities of Isfahan and Shiraz arrested 13 Jews. (references) |
India | In other cases of arrest and torture were brought before the NHRC during the year, Gulzar Ahmad Ganie died of his injuries after his release from detention, and students Shiraz Ahmad Khan and Syed Malik both died after allegedly being tortured. (references) | |
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| "Shiraz" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 94.44% of the time. "Shiraz" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 94.44% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
Misspellings | |
"Shiraz" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Khizar, Shabaz, Shafrazi, shiar, Shifa, Shifra, Shihab, Shikra, shira, Shiraa, Shiraw, Shirish, shiro, Shirom, Shirov, Shiyah, Shudras, Shyris. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-i-r-s-z" | |
-1 letter: hairs, izars, sizar. | |
-2 letters: airs, hair, izar, rash, rias, sari, shri. | |
-3 letters: air, ais, ars, ash, has, his, rah, ras, ria, sha, sir, sri. | |
-4 letters: ah, ai, ar, as, ha, hi, is, sh, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-i-r-s-z" | |
+3 letters: aphorizes, archaizes, hebraizes, yahrzeits. | |
+4 letters: authorizes, bilharzias, biohazards, harmonizes, humanizers, hydrazides, hydrazines, rhapsodize, schizocarp, schmalzier, shmaltzier, zigamorphs. | |
+5 letters: authorizers, catechizers, graphitizes, harmonizers, horizontals, mechanizers, mycorrhizas, reemphasize, rehumanizes, rhapsodized, rhapsodizes, rheumatizes, rhizomatous, rhizoplanes, schizocarps, schmaltzier, sympathizer, thermalizes, weatherizes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 68 69 72 61 7A |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .... .. .-. .- --.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101000 01101001 01110010 01100001 01111010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S h i r a z |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0068 0069 0072 0061 007A |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537475846792 |
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