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Kir

  [keer]
–noun
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
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Origin:
< F, after Canon Félix Kir (1876–1968), mayor of Dijon, who allegedly created the recipe
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kir also Kir   (kîr)   
n.  A drink consisting of dry white wine or champagne flavored with cassis.

[After Canon Félix Kir (1876-1968), mayor of Dijon, France.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

kir 
"white wine and crème de cassis," 1966 (popular in U.S. 1980s), from Canon Felix Kir (1876-1968), mayor of Dijon, who is said to have invented the recipe.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Kir

a wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; 9:7). Isaiah (22:6), who also was contemporary with these events, mentions it along with Elam. Some have supposed that Kir is a variant of Cush (Susiana), on the south of Elam.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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