Scheherazade
American
[shuh-her-uh-zah-duh, -zahd, -heer-]
/ ʃəˌhɛr əˈzɑ də, -ˈzɑd, -ˌhɪər- /
noun
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(inThe Arabian Nights' Entertainments ) the wife of the sultan of India, who relates such interesting tales nightly that the sultan spares her life.
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(italics) a symphonic suite (1888) by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov.
Scheherazade
Cultural
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