Jerez

See also: jerez

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Jerez de la Frontera

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Jerez. Doublet of sherry and Xeres.

Proper noun

Jerez

1. A city in the province of Cádiz, western Andalusia, Spain. Official name: Jerez de la Frontera.
2. A town in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. Official name: Jerez de los Caballeros.

Noun

Jerez (uncountable)

1. (archaic) sherry
   • 1880, Edmondo De Amicis, Spain and the Spaniards, page 405:

     Not being accustomed to drink any but watered wine, he was imprudent enough to take down at one swallow a glass of Jerez.

   • 2019, Stephanie Laurens, A Conquest Impossible to Resist:

     He moved to the tantalus, poured her a glass of the sherry she preferred, and, holding his own as well, carried the glass of Jerez to her.

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Jerez de la Frontera

Wikipedia ^es

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Jerez de los Caballeros

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Xerés, from Arabic شَرِيش (šarīš), from Latin Ceret, Caeret, which has been etymologically identified with the Caere in Etruria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeˈɾeθ/ [xeˈɾeθ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /xeˈɾes/ [xeˈɾes] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθ (Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Je‧rez

Proper noun

Jerez ?

1. Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera (a city in western Andalusia, Spain)
2. Jerez, Jerez de los Caballeros (a town in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain)

Alternative forms

• Xeres (obsolete)