Scheherazade

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(shə her′ə zädə, -zäd, -hēr′-)


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Sche•her•a•za•de  (shə her′ə zädə, -zäd, -hēr′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. 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.
  2. Music and Dance(italics) a symphonic suite (1888) by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov.


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