Jerez
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See also: jerez
English
Etymology
Proper noun
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
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
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish Xerés, from Arabic شَرِيش (šarīš), from Latin Ceret, Caeret, which has been etymologically identified with the Caere in Etruria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /xeˈɾeθ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /xeˈɾes/
- Rhymes: -eθ
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: Je‧rez
Proper noun
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)