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Kairouan

Kairouan proper noun: a city in Tunisia.

Proper noun

Kairouan (uncountable)

  1. A city in Tunisia.

Kairouan meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Persian

Kairouan in Hindi

city in Tunisia
क़ैरवान qairvān

Kairouan in Urdu

city in Tunisia
قَیرَوان qairavān

Kairouan in Arabic

city in Tunisia
الْقَيْرَوَان al-qayrawān

Kairouan in Persian

city in Tunisia
قیروان qeyravân

Forms of Kairouan

alternative form (dated)Cairouan
alternative form (obsolete)Cairoan

Origin of Kairouan

Borrowed from French Kairouan, from Arabic الْقَيْرَوَان (al-qayrawān), definite form of قَيْرَوَان (qayrawān, “caravan”), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān); see there for more. Doublet of caravan.

Words formed from Kairouan

Questions about Kairouan

What does Kairouan mean?
Kairouan means a city in Tunisia.
What is Kairouan in Hindi?
Kairouan in Hindi is क़ैरवान (qairvān). See Kairouan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Kairouan?
Kairouan is a proper noun.

Words near Kairouan in the dictionary

  1. kairomonal
  2. kairomone
  3. kairomones
  4. kairos
  5. kairotic
  6. Kairouan
  7. Kairouani
  8. kaisa
  9. Kaisariani
  10. Kaisarieh
  11. kaiseki

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