Ahvaz

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Etymology

From Persian اهواز (ahvâz), from Arabic أَهْوَاز (ʔahwāz) and اَلْأَهْوَاز (al-ʔahwāz), a shortened form of سُوق الْأَهْوَاز (sūq al-ʔahwāz), a partial-calque of Middle Persian Hūǰestān-vāčār (literally “the market of Khuzestan”), name of a major town in Sassanian-era Khuzestan; see Khuzestan for more.

Proper noun

Ahvaz

  2. A city in Iran, the seat of Ahvaz County's Central District and the capital of Khuzestan Province.
  4. A county of Iran, around the city.

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