Bushire

[boo-sheer]

noun

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

Bushire

/ bjuːˈʃaɪə /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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Anyone with internet access will be able to search 475,000 pages from the two most important British outposts, at Bushire and Bahrain, along with 25,000 pages of medieval Arabic scientific manuscripts from the British Library's own collections.

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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.

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The island is under the jurisdiction of the governor of the Persian Gulf ports who resides at Bushire.

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It is not only the alcohol which has cured him, but that we are parting by mutual consent; and feeling sorry for the man, I have given him more than his wages, and his full demand for his journey back to Bushire, with additional warm clothing.

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