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Shushan

American  
[shoo-shan, -shahn] / ˈʃu ʃæn, -ʃɑn /

noun

  1. Biblical name of Susa.


Shushan British  
/ ˈʃuːʃæn /

noun

  1. the Biblical name for Susa

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Subsidies are available based on household income, says Sheryl Shushan, Patagonia’s director of global family services.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024

Sheryl Shushan, the company’s director of family services, told me that when nonessential workers were allowed back in the California office, Patagonia prioritized parents, starting with breastfeeding mothers, to get them access to care.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2022

Its terminal was designed by the same architect Long had used to build a new Louisiana state capitol and a new governor’s mansion, and it was originally named for one of Long’s cronies, Abraham Shushan.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019

The holiday celebrates the salvation of the Jewish people in the Persian Empire and its capital city, Shushan.

From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2019

So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, that Esther was taken into the king's house.

From Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students by Theodore Gerald Soares

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