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Lankaran

Lankaran proper noun: a city (and district) in Azerbaijan.

Proper noun

Lankaran

  1. A city (and district) in Azerbaijan.
    • In Persia, the Russians continued their operations with so much success that they gained a large portion of the shores of the Caspian Sea, and united them to the Czar's dominion, as far as Lankaran.1863, Edward Cust, Annals of the Wars of the Nineteenth Century, volume III
    • The triumphant Persians also managed to recover the great fortress of Lenkoran, on the Caspian shore.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 99

Lankaran meaning in Arabic and Persian

Lankaran in Arabic

a city in Azerbaijan
لَنْكَرَان lankarān

Lankaran in Persian

a city in Azerbaijan
لنکران lankarân

Forms of Lankaran

alternative formLenkoran

Origin of Lankaran

From Persian لنکران (lankarân), from Old Median *Lan(a)karan- (“the land of the Lan”). The Lan is probably a name of a Caspian tribe. See also Old Armenian Փայտակարան (Pʻaytakaran).

Questions about Lankaran

What does Lankaran mean?
Lankaran means a city (and district) in Azerbaijan.
What is Lankaran in Arabic?
Lankaran in Arabic is لَنْكَرَان (lankarān). See Lankaran meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Lankaran?
Lankaran is a proper noun.

Words near Lankaran in the dictionary

  1. Lankan
  2. lankanectid
  3. lankanectids
  4. Lankans
  5. Lankao
  6. Lankaran
  7. lanked
  8. lanken
  9. lankened
  10. lankening
  11. lankens

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