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Definition of sharon in English Turkish dictionary

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rose of Sharon
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rose of Sharon
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rose of sharon
(Botanik, Bitkibilim) ağaç hatmisi
English - English
A working-class female
Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. and Canada named after the biblical place
A plain in Israel

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

A female given name derived from the biblical place name
{i} female first name; family name
given name, female
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Sharon fruit
A persimmon, Diospyros kaki, that has been artificially ripened with chemicals
sharon fruit
(Botanik, Bitkibilim) A persimmon, especially of an orange variety grown in Israel; (from Sharon, a fertile coastal plain in Israel)
Ariel Sharon
{i} Arik Sharon (born 1928), former prime minister of Israel (served as a minister under different governments as Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Infrastructures), former general in the Israeli Defense Forces
Ariel Sharon
born Feb. 26, 1928, Kefar Malal, Palestine Israeli soldier and politician. He received military training and did intelligence and reconnaissance work after Israel achieved independence (see Arab-Israeli wars). During the Suez Crisis (1956), and again during the Six-Day War (1967), a unit under his command captured the strategic Mitla Pass. In the Yom Kippur War (1973), he led an Israeli counterattack. Appointed minister of agriculture in charge of settlements (1977), he actively promoted Jewish settlement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. As minister of defense (1981-83), he oversaw Israel's invasion of Lebanon (see Lebanese civil war). An Israeli court of inquiry held Sharon indirectly responsible for the Sabra and Shatila massacres, and he was forced to resign in 1983. He held several further cabinet positions throughout the 1980s and '90s and in 1999 became head of the Likud party. In 2001 he was elected prime minister
Arik Sharon
{i} Ariel Sharon (born 1928), former prime minister of Israel (served as a minister under different governments as Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Infrastructures), former general in the Israeli Defense Forces
Plain of Sharon
Mediterranean coastal plain, western Israel. Extending about 55 mi (90 km) from Mount Carmel to Tel Aviv-Yafo and roughly triangular in shape, it has been inhabited since remote antiquity. Its name occurs in the Bible and is mentioned in Egyptian pharaonic inscriptions. Modern settlement was undertaken as part of the Zionist movement to settle the agricultural lands of Palestine in the late 19th century, and by the early 1930s it had become the most densely settled area of Jewish Palestine. It produces citrus fruits, vegetables, and cotton and is a popular tourist destination
Samuel Plato-Sharon
Israeli businessman and former member of parliament
rose of Sharon
Shrub or small tree (Hibiscus syriacus, or Althaea syriaca) in the mallow family, native to eastern Asia but widely planted as an ornamental for its showy flowers. It can grow to 10 ft (3 m) and generally assumes a low-branching pyramid shape. The mallowlike flowers range from white and pinkish-lavender to purple, generally with a crimson base; some varieties have double flowers. The name also sometimes refers to the unrelated Aaron's-beard (Hypericum calycinum), a shrubby relative of St.-John's-wort
rose of Sharon
shrub or small tree bearing white or red flowers (or sometimes purple), althea; flower mentioned in the Biblical book Song of Solomon
rose of sharon
Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually 3-lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe
sharon

    Hyphenation

    Shar·on

    Turkish pronunciation

    şırōn

    Pronunciation

    /sʜəˈrōn/ /ʃəˈroʊn/

    Etymology

    [ -'shar-&n, -'sher- ] () circa 1847. Biblical place name, Hebrew "the plain".
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