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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_174064" /> ==
<p> (n.) A kind of [[Persian]] wine; - so called from the place whence it is brought. </p>
        
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_79810" /> ==
<p> A celebrated city of Persia, occupying a charming site on an elevated plain, 165 m. NE. of Bushire; founded in the 8th century; was for long a centre of Persian culture, and a favourite resort of the royal princes; its beauties are celebrated in the poems of [[Häfiz]] and Sádi, natives of the place; has been thrice wrecked by earthquakes, and presents now a somewhat dilapidated appearance. </p>
        
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<ref name="term_174064"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/shiraz Shiraz from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_79810"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/shiraz Shiraz from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
        
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