"Scheherazade" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ʃəˌhɛɹəˈzɑːd(ə)/ [UK], /ʃəˈhɛɹəzɑd/ [US]
Rhymes: -ɑːd, -ɑːdə Etymology: Borrowed from German Scheherazade, from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Persian شهرازاد (šahrâzâd), alternative form of شهرزاد (šahrzâd, from شهر (šahr, “city”) + زاد (-zâd, “child of”), literally “child of the city”). Popularized by the fictional character below. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Scheherazade}} German Scheherazade, {{der|en|ru|Шехераза́да}} Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), {{der|en|fa|شهرازاد|tr=šahrâzâd}} Persian شهرازاد (šahrâzâd), {{af|fa|شهر|زاد|nocat=1|t1=city|t2=child of|tr1=šahr|tr2=-zâd}} شهر (šahr, “city”) + زاد (-zâd, “child of”), {{m|fa|شهرزاد|lit=child of the city|pos=from <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa">شهر</i> (šahr, “city”) + <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa">زاد</i> (-zâd, “child of”)|tr=šahrzâd}} شهرزاد (šahrzâd, from شهر (šahr, “city”) + زاد (-zâd, “child of”), literally “child of the city”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Scheherazade
  1. A female given name from Persian. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Arabic fiction, Fairy tale characters, Fictional characters Translations (female given name): شَهْرَزَاد (šahrazād) [feminine] (Arabic), Շահրազադ (Šahrazad) (Armenian), Şəhrizadə (Azerbaijani), Xerezade (Basque), Chahrazad [feminine] (Breton), Шехереза́да (Šeherezáda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Шахраза́да (Šahrazáda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Xahrazad [feminine] (Catalan), 謝赫拉莎德 (Chinese Mandarin), 谢赫拉莎德 (Xièhèlāshādé) (Chinese Mandarin), 舍赫拉查德 (Shèhèlāchádé) (Chinese Mandarin), Sjeherazade [feminine] (Dutch), Scheherazade [feminine] (Dutch), Sheherazade [feminine] (Dutch), Sherazade [feminine] (Dutch), Ŝehrazad (Esperanto), Šeherazade (Finnish), Shéhérazade [feminine] (French), Schéhérazade [feminine] (French), Sherezade [feminine] (Galician), Xerezade [feminine] (Galician), Scheherazade [feminine] (German), Scheherezade [feminine] (German), Σεχραζάντ (Sechrazánt) [feminine] (Greek), שחרזאדה [feminine] (Hebrew), שהראזאד [feminine] (Hebrew), शहरज़ाद (śaharzād) [feminine] (Hindi), Seherezádé (Hungarian), Scheherezade (Indonesian), Sheherazade (Indonesian), Shahrazad (Indonesian), Sharazād [feminine] (Italian), Shahrazād [feminine] (Italian), Sherazad [feminine] (Italian), シェヘラザード (Sheherazādo) (Japanese), 셰에라자드 (Syeerajadeu) (Korean), 세헤라자데 (Seherajade) (Korean), Шагьру-зада (Šahru-zada) (Lak), Scheherazad (Malay), Shahrazada (Malay), Sjeherasad [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), شهرزاد (šahrzâd) (Persian), شهرازاد (šahrâzâd) (Persian), Szeherezada [feminine] (Polish), Xerazade [feminine] (Portuguese), Sherazade [feminine] (Portuguese), Sheherazade [feminine] (Portuguese), ਸ਼ਹਿਰਜ਼ਾਦ (śahirzād) (Punjabi), ਸ਼ਹਰਜ਼ਾਦ (śahrazād) [feminine] (Punjabi), Șeherezada [feminine] (Romanian), Шахереза́да (Šaxerezáda) [feminine] (Russian), Шехереза́да (Šexerezáda) [feminine] (Russian), Шихираза́да (Šixirazáda) [feminine] (Russian), Шахраза́да (Šaxrazáda) [feminine] (Russian), Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda) [feminine] (Russian), Шехереза́да [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Шахраза̏да [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Шехерза́да [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Šeherezáda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Šahrazȁda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Šeherzáda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Šeherezada [feminine] (Slovene), Scheherezade [feminine] (Spanish), Scheherezada [feminine] (Spanish), Sherezade [feminine] (Spanish), Sherazade [feminine] (Spanish), Sharazad (Tagalog), Shahrazad (Tagalog), Şehrazat (Turkish), Шаграза́да (Šahrazáda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Шехереза́да (Šexerezáda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), شهرزاد (Śaharzād) [feminine] (Urdu), شەھرىزاد (shehrizad) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-Scheherazade-en-name-jeUpd~Xq Disambiguation of Arabic fiction: 81 19 Disambiguation of Fairy tale characters: 67 33 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'female given name': 99 1
  2. A fictional character, the wife and storyteller of the king Shahryar in One Thousand and One Nights. Translations (fictional storyteller): شَهْرَزَاد (šahrazād) [feminine] (Arabic), Šeherezáda [feminine] (Czech), Šahrazád [feminine] (Czech), Šeherazade (Finnish), Shéhérazade [feminine] (French), Scheherazade [feminine] (German), 셰에라자드 (Syeerajadeu) (Korean), Шехерезада (Šeherezada) [feminine] (Macedonian), Szeherezada [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-Scheherazade-en-name-RA1Ayr4q Disambiguation of 'fictional storyteller': 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Scheherezade, Shahrazad, Shahrzad (english: as a given name), Sheherazade Derived forms: Scheherazadean

Alternative forms

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          "code": "ms",
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          "word": "Șeherezada"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          ],
          "word": "Шахраза́да"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Šexerazáda",
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          "word": "Шехераза́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Шехереза́да"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          ],
          "word": "Шехерза́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Šeherezáda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Šahrazȁda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "female given name",
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          ],
          "word": "Šeherzáda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Šeherezada"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "female given name",
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Sharazad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Shahrazad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Şehrazat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Šahrazáda",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Шаграза́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "Šexerezáda",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Шехереза́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "Śaharzād",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "شهرزاد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "shehrizad",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "شەھرىزاد"
        }
      ]
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        "A fictional character, the wife and storyteller of the king Shahryar in One Thousand and One Nights."
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      "id": "en-Scheherazade-en-name-RA1Ayr4q",
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          "wife",
          "wife"
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          "storyteller",
          "storyteller"
        ],
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          "Shahryar",
          "Shahryar"
        ]
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šahrazād",
          "sense": "fictional storyteller",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "شَهْرَزَاد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 69",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fictional storyteller",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Šeherezáda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 69",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fictional storyteller",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Šahrazád"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 69",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fictional storyteller",
          "word": "Šeherazade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 69",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fictional storyteller",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Shéhérazade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 69",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fictional storyteller",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Scheherazade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 69",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Syeerajadeu",
          "sense": "fictional storyteller",
          "word": "셰에라자드"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 69",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "Šeherezada",
          "sense": "fictional storyteller",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Шехерезада"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 69",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "fictional storyteller",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Szeherezada"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ʃəˌhɛɹəˈzɑːd(ə)/",
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        "UK"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃəˈhɛɹəzɑd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːd"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːdə"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Shahrazad"
    },
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      "word": "Shahrzad"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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    "Scheherazade"
  ],
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}
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    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from German",
    "English terms derived from German",
    "English terms derived from Persian",
    "English terms derived from Russian",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːd",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːd/4 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːdə",
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    "de:Fictional characters",
    "en:Arabic fiction",
    "en:Fairy tale characters",
    "en:Fictional characters"
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      "word": "Scheherazadean"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Scheherazade, from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Persian شهرازاد (šahrâzâd), alternative form of شهرزاد (šahrzâd, from شهر (šahr, “city”) + زاد (-zâd, “child of”), literally “child of the city”).\nPopularized by the fictional character below.",
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        "English given names"
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      "ipa": "/ʃəˈhɛɹəzɑd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "rhymes": "-ɑːd"
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      "sense": "female given name",
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      ],
      "word": "شَهْرَزَاد"
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      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Շահրազադ"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Şəhrizadə"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Xerezade"
    },
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Chahrazad"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Шехереза́да"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Шахраза́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Xahrazad"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "謝赫拉莎德"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Xièhèlāshādé",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "谢赫拉莎德"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Shèhèlāchádé",
      "sense": "female given name",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      ],
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "Sherazade"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "word": "Ŝehrazad"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Šeherazade"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Shéhérazade"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Schéhérazade"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sherezade"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Xerezade"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Scheherazade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Sechrazánt",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Σεχραζάντ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שחרזאדה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שהראזאד"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śaharzād",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "शहरज़ाद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Seherezádé"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Scheherezade"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Sheherazade"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Shahrazad"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sharazād"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Shahrazād"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sherazad"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "Sheherazādo",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "シェヘラザード"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Syeerajadeu",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "셰에라자드"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Seherajade",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "세헤라자데"
    },
    {
      "code": "lbe",
      "lang": "Lak",
      "roman": "Šahru-zada",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Шагьру-зада"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Scheherazad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Shahrazada"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sjeherasad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šahrzâd",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "شهرزاد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šahrâzâd",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "شهرازاد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Szeherezada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Xerazade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sherazade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sheherazade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "śahirzād",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "ਸ਼ਹਿਰਜ਼ਾਦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "śahrazād",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਸ਼ਹਰਜ਼ਾਦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Șeherezada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Šaxerezáda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Шахереза́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Šexerezáda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Шехереза́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Šixirazáda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Шихираза́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Šaxrazáda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Шахраза́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Šexerazáda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Шехераза́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Шехереза́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Шахраза̏да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Шехерза́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Šeherezáda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Šahrazȁda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Šeherzáda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Šeherezada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Scheherezade"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Scheherezada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sherezade"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sherazade"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Sharazad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Shahrazad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Şehrazat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Šahrazáda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Шаграза́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Šexerezáda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Шехереза́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "Śaharzād",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شهرزاد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "shehrizad",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "شەھرىزاد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šahrazād",
      "sense": "fictional storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شَهْرَزَاد"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fictional storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Šeherezáda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fictional storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Šahrazád"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fictional storyteller",
      "word": "Šeherazade"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fictional storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Shéhérazade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fictional storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Scheherazade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Syeerajadeu",
      "sense": "fictional storyteller",
      "word": "셰에라자드"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Šeherezada",
      "sense": "fictional storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Шехерезада"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fictional storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Szeherezada"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Scheherazade"
  ],
  "word": "Scheherazade"
}

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