First Known Use: 1801
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Scheherazade
noun Sche·her·a·zade \shə-ˌher-ə-ˈzäd; -ˈzä-də, -dē\
Definition of SCHEHERAZADE
: the fictional wife of a sultan and the narrator of the tales in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments
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Origin of SCHEHERAZADE
German Scheherezade, from Persian Shīrazād
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