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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The cause was cancer, said Avi Shushan, a spokesman for the hospital.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022

One of the leading Haredi authorities in Bnei Barak, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, directed his followers earlier this month to keep the religious schools open, Shushan said, because studying the Torah and praying would save lives.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2020

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

She appointed a solemn fast of three days, in which the Jews of Shushan should humble themselves and remember her before the God of their fathers.

From Notable Women of Olden Time by Anonymous

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