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Raresapphire
The correct spelling is sapphire.
How to pronounce sapphire
/ˈsæf.aɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
nounIPA: /ˈsæf.aɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Sap-fir-e
The correct spelling is sapphire. A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
- 2.A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
- 3.A deep blue colour.
- 4.Any hummingbird in the genera Hylocharis and Chlorestes, as well as the rufous-throated sapphire, which is now in the genus Amazilia.
- 5.Any of the butterflies in the southern Asian lycaenid genus Heliophorus.
adjective
- 1.Of a deep blue colour.
- 2.Pertaining to a 45th year
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