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Subject: Re: shiraz?
Author: Cleveland Kent Evans   (Authenticated as clevelandkentevans)
Date: April 30, 2007 at 8:48:23 AM
Reply to: shiraz? by shereen
The Complete Book of Muslim & Parsi Names by Maneka Gandhi & Osair Husain says that Shiraz originally meant "curdled whey" or "cheese" in Persian. But it is best known as the name of a famous city in Iran.

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