Meaning

2 senses
  1. A country in West Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.

    Iran

    Ира́нIrán

    Іра́нIrán

  2. (literary)The regions inhabited by the Iranian peoples.

Examples

201 sentences
  1. Iran and Russia will establish a joint bank.

    Іран на Росія створять спільний банк. — deniko

    ruИран и Россия создадут совместный банк. — Lenin_1917

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  2. Iran is a big country.

    Іран - велика країна. — deniko

    ruИран - большая страна. — marafon

    deIran ist ein großes Land. — mayabe

  3. Iran is the eighteenth largest country in the world.

    Іран - вісімнадцята за розміром країна світу. — deniko

    ruИран — восемнадцатая страна в мире по площади. — odexed

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  4. Iran has cutting-edge military technology.

  5. Iran is more and more powerful.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
country in West Asia:
Русский
By meaning 1
country in West Asia:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
country in West Asia:

Origin

Borrowed from Iranian Persian ایران (Irân), from Classical Persian ایران (ērān), from Midd

Borrowed from Iranian Persian ایران (Irân), from Classical Persian ایران (ērān), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān, “of the Aryans”), which see for word formation, further etymology and cognates. The name of the political entity is a 3rd-century development that derives from the indigenous ethnolinguistic name of the Iranian peoples, i.e. the great variety of Iranian tribes that spoke an Iranian language. Doublet of Arya and Aryan.

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Word family

1 related words
Derivediranite

See also

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