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Tehrân

Tehrân is the alternative form of Tehran.

Meaning of Tehran

Proper noun

Tehran

  1. The capital city of Iran, the seat of Tehran County's Central District and the capital of Tehran Province.
    • Three days after the presidential elections, Tehran was in upheaval.2013 June 13, Sune Engel Rasmussen, “After Torture and Persecution, Iranian Activists Work From Inside the U.S.”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2014
  2. A county of Iran, around the city.
  3. Tehran Province, one of the 31 provinces in Iran.
  4. (by ellipsis) The Tehran Conference (1943).
  5. (metonymically) The government of Iran.
    • I want to add one more thing to that: one thing that you will read in all the reporting of the war; all the decision making; all the ways this has turned into a mess for the administration — one thing you’ll see is that they just did not expect this level of resistance from Tehran; they did not...2026 May 4, jamelle-bouie, “racism makes you stupid”, in YouTube

Questions about Tehrân

What is Tehrân the alternative form of?
Tehrân is the alternative form of Tehran.

Words near Tehrân in the dictionary

  1. Tehranians
  2. Tehranis
  3. tehri
  4. Tehri Garhwal
  5. tehrs
  6. Tehrân
  7. Tehs
  8. tehseel
  9. tehseeldar
  10. tehseeldaries
  11. tehseeldars

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