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Chihil Minar

Chihil Minar is the alternative spelling of Chilminar.

Meaning of Chilminar

Proper noun

Chilminar

  1. (historical, obsolete) Synonym of Persepolis, particularly its modern ruins.
    • CHILMINAR, Chelminar, or Tchelminar, the moſt beautiful piece of architecture remaining of all antiquity, being the ruins of the famous palace of Perſepolis, to which Alexander the Great, in a drunken fit, ſet fire, at the inſtigation of Thais the courtezan...1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183
    Synonyms:
    Persepolis, particularly its modern ruins

Questions about Chihil Minar

What is Chihil Minar the alternative spelling of?
Chihil Minar is the alternative spelling of Chilminar.

Words near Chihil Minar in the dictionary

  1. Chih-chiang
  2. Chihalis
  3. Chiharu
  4. Chihchiang
  5. Chiheru de Jos
  6. Chihil Minar
  7. Chihiro
  8. Chihli
  9. chihs
  10. chihuahua
  11. Chihuahua flower

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chihil Minar (page history and authors); Chilminar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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