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Bushire

American  
[boo-sheer] / buˈʃɪər /

noun

  1. a seaport in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf.


Bushire British  
/ bjuːˈʃaɪə /

noun

  1. Persian name: Bushehr.  a port in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)

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Amid the tension, a letter lands on the desk of William Bruce, Britain's Resident in Bushire, on the Persian Gulf.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2014

After the Iranian press agency claimed that the Iran Ajr was carrying food supplies to the port of Bushire, U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

The other route leads from Bushire on the Persian Gulf across Iran and then by water to Krasnovodsk on the Caspian Sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Very quietly last year the Persian Gulf base of the Royal Navy was moved from Iran's famed Bushire to Bahrein and thus outside the immediate domain of Iran's King of Kings.

From Time Magazine Archive

The chief caravan route in Persia starts from Bushire viâ Shiraz, Isfahan, Kashan, and Kûm, to Tihran.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)