Ahvaz
English
Alternative forms
- Ahwaz
Etymology
From Persian اهواز (Ahvâz), from Arabic أَهْوَاز (ʾahwāz) and اَلْأَهْوَاز (al-ʾahwāz), a shortened form of سُوق الْأَهْوَاز (sūq al-ʾahwāz), a calque of Middle Persian Hūǰestān-vāčār (literally “the market of Khuzestan”), name of a major town in Sassanian-era Khuzestan; see Khuzestan for more.
Translations
city in Iran
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