Bushire

[ boo-sheer ]

noun

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

Bushire

/ bjuːˈʃaɪə /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Then he put on long hair and a venerable beard, stained his limbs with henna, and called himself Abdullah of Bushire, a half-Arab.

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The second section, known as the Persian section, consists of land lines running from Bushire to Teheran.

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The post rider from Teheran to Bushire goes nearly seven hundred miles before he can take a solid sleep.

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At the passes we met a man travelling down to Bushire with a load of ice, which he willingly disposed of to us.

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The former governor of Bushire complained to the vizier, in the mosque, that some of his servants had treated him brutally.

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