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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/, /ˌtɛˈɹɑːn/
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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.
    • 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 1 October 2014:
      Three days after the presidential elections, Tehran was in upheaval.
  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

  • Tehranner
  • Tehrans

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)

Declension

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