When Mr. Hiram B. Otis bought Canterville Chase, every one told him he was doing a very foolish thing, as there was no doubt at all that the place was haunted.
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Hiram
//ˈhaɪɹəm//
Synonyms for "hiram"
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Translations
10 translations across 8 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- Εἴρωμος name (biblical character)
- Χιράμ name (biblical character)
Arabic
1 entries- حِيرَام name (biblical character)
Faroese
1 entries- Hiram name (biblical character)
Finnish
1 entries- Hiram name (biblical character)
Hawaiian
2 entries- Hailama name (male given name)
- Hirama name (biblical character)
Irish
1 entries- Híorám name (biblical character)
Marathi
1 entries- हायरम name (male given name)
Spanish
1 entries- Jirán name (biblical character)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
It is Hiram Johnson who said: "The first casualty when war comes is truth."
Source: tatoeba (11827237)
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
Source: wiktionary
Harm. It wasn't even a nickname. It was just the way folks had always pronounced his first name Hiram, in mountain dialect, a long "i" sound blending the two syllables into an aspirated breath.
Source: wiktionary
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