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A drink consisting of dry white wine or champagne flavored with cassis.

[After Canon Félix Kir (1876-1968), mayor of Dijon, France.]


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[KEER] White wine that is flavored with a soupçon of cassis, usually served as an apéritif. When made with champagne, it's referred to as a kir royale.

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1. a Moabite city mentioned in Isaiah's prophecy against Moab (Is 15:1). May be identical with Kir Hareseth.

2. Place in Mesopotamia from which the Arameans came to Syria (Amos 9:7). As Amos had prophesied (Amos 1:5), the Arameans returned to Kir as exiles after Tiglath-Pileser III invaded the Aramean capital Damascus "and took its people captive to Kir" (II Kgs 16:9).

Concordance
KIR 1: Is 15:1
KIR 2: II Kgs 16:9. Is 22:6. Amos 1:5; 9:7

 
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Kir (kûr), in the Bible.

1 Unidentified land to which Tiglath-pileser III banished the Syrians, credited by Amos as the original home of the Aramaeans.

2 Place in Moab, identified with Kir-haraseth, Kir-hareseth, Kir-haresh, and Kir-heres.

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[KEER] White wine that is flavored with a soupçon of crème de cassis, a blackcurrant-flavored liqueur. Kir is typically served as an apéritif. When made with champagne, it's referred to as kir royale.

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