Ormuz
Americannoun
noun
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The important city of Ormuz, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, was at this time one of the great centres of the Eastern trade.
From Rulers of India: Albuquerque by Henry Morse Stephens
Long was the strife undecided, but the tiger Ahriman finally succumbed and Ormuz was led from the arena in triumph.
From Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages by Emilie Poulsson
They trade in all sorts of goods, principally with the kingdom of Cambay and Ormuz, Colan, Dabul Banda, Goa, Ceylon, and the Maldiu Islands.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Duarte Barbosa
And there they fish up many large pearls and seed pearls, which the merchants of the city of Ormuz come there to buy, to carry them to India and other parts.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Duarte Barbosa
He has come to Ormuz and Ahriman little by little; as his power of generalising progresses, he drops the smaller gods.
From The Hearts of Men by H. (Harold) Fielding
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