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Xerxes is the Greek form of the Old Persian royal name represented in specialist scholarship as Xšaya-ṛšā. It is associated with Achaemenid rulers, particularly Xerxes I of the fifth century BC. Name references interpret its components as a ruler connected with heroes; the exact transmission through ancient languages is more intricate than a simple modern gloss suggests. British English typically says ZURK-seez. It is a historical royal name, not a term meaning 'warrior dog'.
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