Bushire

American

[boo-sheer] / buˈʃɪər /

noun

a seaport in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf.

Bushire British

/ bjuːˈʃaɪə /

noun

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

Last year she attempted the same trip in the same plane, but was forced down at Bushire on the Persian Gulf.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Rain falls in January, February and March, and the annual rainfall is said to be about the same as that of Bushire, 12 to 13 in.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

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