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Lion
The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...
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Shir, Mazandaran
Shira ( fa, شيرا, also Romanized as Shīrā; also known as Ḩoseynābād and Shīr) is a village in Emamzadeh Abdollah Rural District, Dehferi District, Fereydunkenar County, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Isla ...
, a village in Fereydunkenar County, Iran
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Shir, South Khorasan
Kalateh-ye Shir ( fa, كلاته شير, also Romanized as Kalāteh-ye Shīr; also known as Kalāt-e Shīr, Kalāteh-ye Shīr, Kalāt-e Shir, Estakhr-e Derāz, Shīr, and Shīr-e Bālā) is a village in Doreh Rural District, in the Central Distric ...
, a village in Sarbisheh County, Iran
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Shir, Syria
Shir ( ar, شير) is a Syrian village located in the Mahardah Subdistrict of the Mahardah District in Hama Governorate
Hama Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حماة / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā'') is one of the 14 Governorates of Syria, ...
, a village
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Shir (Neolithic site)
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Shir (German transcription according to the German Oriental Society MG Šīr/Arabic: ''شير'') is a Late Neolithic site in western Syria, located 12 km northwest of Hama, ...
, a site in western Syria, near Hama
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Arslan
Arslan is a Turkic masculine given name and surname, used mainly in the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Mongolia, and Western China. It is translated as "lion". The names , Arsalan, Aslan are other variants of the name.
People
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, a Persian or Turkic word for 'lion'
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Asad
Asad ( ar, أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion". It is used in nicknames such as ''Asad Allāh'', one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib.
People
Among prominent people named ''Asad'', " ...
, an Arabic term for 'lion'
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Bernard Shir-Cliff
Bernard W. Shir-Cliff (November 7, 1924-February 28, 2017) was an editor for Ballantine Books, Contemporary Books, Warner Books and other publishers, who also translated books and later became a well-known literary agent. As a senior editor at Warn ...
(1924-2017), American editor
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Sher (disambiguation) Sher can refer to:
People
* Sher, a Baloch tribe in Pakistan
* Sher-e-Bangla (''Lion of Bengal''), a popular title of 20th century Bengali statesman A. K. Fazlul Huq
* Sher-e-Punjab (''Lion of Punjab''), a popular title of Maharaja Ranjit Sing ...
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Shir ha-shirim, also known as The Song of Songs, a biblical scroll
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Shira (disambiguation)
Shira may refer to:
Geography
*Shira, or Sira, Karnataka, a taluk in Tumkur district, Karnataka, India
*Shira, Iran, in Mazandaran Province
*Shira, Nigeria
*Shira, Russia, a rural locality (''selo'') in Shirinsky District, Republic of Khakassia, ...
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Shira Haas
Shira Haas ( he, שירה האס; born ) is an Israeli actress. She initially gained national prominence for her roles in local film and television, having won two Israeli Ophir Awards out of five nominations since 2014. In 2020, she gained int ...
, Israeli actress
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Shirabad (disambiguation)
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Shiri (disambiguation) Shiri may refer to any of the following:
* Shiri (fish), scientific name ''Coreoleuciscus splendidus''
* ''Shiri'' (film), a 1999 South Korean film which takes its name from the fish
* Shiri (race), a fantasy subculture
* Shiri, Khuzestan, a villag ...
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Shiri Appleby
Shiri Freda Appleby (born December 7, 1978) is an American actress and television director. She is best known for her leading roles as Liz Parker in the WB/UPN science fiction drama series '' Roswell'' (1999–2002) and Rachel Goldberg in the L ...
, American actress of Israeli descent
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Shiri Maimon
Shiri Maimon (or Maymon, he, שירי מימון ; born ) is an Israeli pop/ R&B singer, TV show host and actress, who rose to fame as the runner-up in the TV show ''Kokhav Nolad''. She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, wh ...
, Israeli singer
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