Jerez
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See also: jerez
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Jerez
- 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[edit]
Jerez (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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited 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]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: Je‧rez
Proper noun[edit]
Jerez ?
- 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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- es:Cities in Andalusia
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