Tehran

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Etymology

Diacriticless transliteration of Iranian Persian تِهران (tehrân), from Classical Persian تَهران (tahrān). See there for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛˈɹæn/, /ˌteɪˈɹɑːn/
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  • Hyphenation: Teh‧ran

Proper noun

Tehran

  1. The capital city of Iran, the seat of Tehran County's Central District and the capital of Tehran Province.
  2. A county of Iran, around the city.
  3. Tehran Province, one of 31 provinces in Iran.
  4. (by ellipsis) The Tehran Conference (1943).
  5. (metonymic) the government of Iran

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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Tehran

  1. alternative form of Teheran

Derived terms

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Tehran

  1. Tehran (the capital city of Iran)
  2. Tehran (a province of Iran)

Tatar

Proper noun

Tehran

  1. Tehran (the capital city of Iran)

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