Chirvan

From French Chirvan.

Chirvan

1. Obsolete form of Shirvan.
   • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192:

     CHIRVAN, a province of Perſia, lying on the western coaſt of the Caſpian ſea.

Borrowed from Classical Persian شِرْوَان (širwān).

• IPA^(key): /ʃiʁ.vɑ̃/

Chirvan m

1. Shirvan (a historical region of the eastern Caucasus, historically Persian and now in the Republic of Azerbaijan)

• English: Chirvan