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Tehran

/tɛˈɹæn/ · name

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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

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