Jerez

Borrowed from Spanish Jerez.

Jerez

1. A city in the province of Cádiz, western Andalusia, Spain. Official name: Jerez de la Frontera.
2. A town in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. Official name: Jerez de los Caballeros.

Jerez (uncountable)

1. (archaic) sherry
   • 1880, Edmondo De Amicis, Spain and the Spaniards, page 405:

     Not being accustomed to drink any but watered wine, he was imprudent enough to take down at one swallow a glass of Jerez.

   • 2019, Stephanie Laurens, A Conquest Impossible to Resist:

     He moved to the tantalus, poured her a glass of the sherry she preferred, and, holding his own as well, carried the glass of Jerez to her.

From Old Spanish Xerés, from Arabic شَرِيش‎ (šarīš), from Latin Ceret, Caeret, which has been etymologically identified with the Caere in Etruria.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xeˈɾeθ/ [xeˈɾeθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /xeˈɾes/ [xeˈɾes]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: Je‧rez

Jerez ?

1. Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera (a city in western Andalusia, Spain)
2. Jerez, Jerez de los Caballeros (a town in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain)

• Xeres (obsolete)