gombroon

[ gom-broon ]

noun

1. a type of Persian pottery ware.

gombroon

/ ɡɒmˈbruːn /

noun

1. Persian and Chinese pottery and porcelain wares

Word History and Origins

Origin of gombroon¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; after Gombroon a town on the Persian Gulf

Word History and Origins

Origin of gombroon¹

C17: named after Gombroon, Iran, from which it was originally exported

Example Sentences

The Persians transferred their establishments to Gombroon on the mainland, about 12 m. to the north-west, which the king had lately set up as a royal port under the name of Bander Abbāsi.

From Project Gutenberg

This division was apparently recognized by the Persians as applying to the new Bander, and, though the trade with Persia was constantly decaying and precarious, the company held to their factory at Gombroon for the sake of this claim to revenue, which of course was most irregularly paid.

From Project Gutenberg

The factory at Gombroon lingered on till 1759, when it was seized by two French ships of war under Comte d’Estaing.

From Project Gutenberg

Persian Porcelain.—This beautiful and somewhat mysterious ware—often called “Gombroon” ware—apparently made its appearance in the 13th century, though the bulk of the known examples are not earlier than the 17th or 18th century.

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And, under that, your own good genius, in conjunction with your brother here, will, I hope, though at the distance of England and Persia, in good time operate extraordinary effects; for the magnetism of two souls, rightly touched, works beyond all natural limits, and it would be indeed too unequal, if good nature should not have at least as large a sphere of activity, as malice, envy, and detraction, which are, it seems, part of the returns from Gombroon and Surat.

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