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Nooruz

Nooruz is the alternative form of Nowruz.

Meaning of Nowruz

Proper noun

Nowruz

  1. The New Year in the Iranian and Zoroastrian calendars, celebrated on the spring equinox.
    • The importance of Nowruz is reflected in an elaborate sabzi polo, the herbed rice capped with a crunchy tahdig, the crust formed from lettuce, rice mixed with yogurt or lavash or another thin flatbread.2026 March 15, Genevieve Ko, “‘This Is the Best Dish I Have Ever Made From NYT Cooking’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2026

Questions about Nooruz

What is Nooruz the alternative form of?
Nooruz is the alternative form of Nowruz.

Words near Nooruz in the dictionary

  1. Noorinbee
  2. Noorinbee North
  3. Nooris
  4. Noorong
  5. Nooroo
  6. Nooruz
  7. noos
  8. Noosa
  9. Noosa Heads
  10. noosance
  11. noosances

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Nooruz (page history and authors); Nowruz (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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