SCHEHERAZADE


Meaning of SCHEHERAZADE in English

/sheuh her'euh zah"deuh, -zahd", -hear'-/ , n.

1. (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments ) the wife of the sultan of India, who relates such interesting tales nightly that the sultan spares her life.

2. ( italics ) a symphonic suite (1888) by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .