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Sche•her•a•za•de
(shə her′ə zä′də, -zäd′, -hēr′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Literature(in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) the wife of the sultan of India, who relates such interesting tales nightly that the sultan spares her life.
- Music and Dance(italics) a symphonic suite (1888) by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov.