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iran
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun iran has 1 sense
- iran(n = noun.location) islamic republic of iran, persia - a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil; Array is a member of opec, organization of petroleum-exporting countries
is a kind of asian country, asian nation
is a part of middle east, mideast, near east, gulf states, asia
has parts: capital of iran, iranian capital, teheran, tehran, abadan, bam, mashhad, meshed, aspadana, esfahan, isfahan, rasht, resht, shiraz, tabriz, orumiyeh, urmia, qum, persepolis, kurdistan, dasht-e-kavir, great salt desert, kavir desert, dasht-e-lut, lut desert, demavend, caspian, caspian sea, daryacheh-ye orumiyeh, lake urmia, urmia
Derived form adjective iranian1
CIDE DICTIONARY
iran, n. [Mod. Persian Irān. Cf. Aryan.].
The native name of Persia, the name adopted by the modern nation of Iran. [1913 Webster]
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