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Irān

Irān is the rare spelling of Iran.

Meaning of Iran

Proper noun

Iran

  1. A country in West Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.
    • The Persians, in naming their country, make use of one word, which they indifferently pronounce Iroun, and Iran.ca. 1675, Jean Chardin (Sir John Chardin), Travels in Persia, 1673-1677, fasc. reprint 1988, Dover, page 126
  2. (literary) The regions inhabited by the Iranian peoples.
    • "Kavi means a king, but it is particularly used of the kings belonging to the second and most celebrated of the two mythical dynasties of Iran."
      "One certain fact is the occurrence of geographical names [Bactria, Sogdiana, etc] in Vendidad I, which are obviously intended to describe the earliest...1882, James Darmesteter, The Zend-Avesta, volume 1 (SBE, volume 31), Oxford UP, page 7, xxviii

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Irān is the rare spelling of Iran.

Words near Irān in the dictionary

  1. Irymple
  2. Iryna
  3. iryo
  4. Irân
  5. Irâq
  6. Irān
  7. Irāq
  8. is
  9. is a bear Catholic
  10. is a man
  11. is a one

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