Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Iran"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Iran \I`ran"\ ([=e]`r[aum]n"), n. [Mod. Persian Ir[=a]n. Cf.
{Aryan}.]
The native name of Persia.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Iran
n : a theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia;
Iran was the core of the ancient Persian Empire and was
known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil [syn: {Iran}, {Islamic
Republic of Iran}, {Persia}]
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