Isfahan

Isfahan

See also: İsfahan

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Etymology

Ultimately derived from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān), from Old Persian *spādānah (“army, adj.”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (spādaʰ, “army”),[1] from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah (“army”), q.v.

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Proper noun

Isfahan

  2. A city in Iran, the seat of Isfahan County's Central District and the capital of Isfahan Province, the third largest city of Iran; the former capital of Iran, from 1598–1736.
  4. A county of Iran, around the city.
  6. A province of Iran.

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See also

provinces of Iranedit

References

  1. ^ John Hansman (2006), "ISFAHAN iv. PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD § The name of Isfahan" in Encyclopaedia Iranica
  2. ^ Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Isfahan or Esfahan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 850, column 2
  3. ^ “Es·fa·han or Is·fa·han”, in The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235, column 1

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Isfahan f

  1. Isfahan (a city in Iran, the seat of Isfahan County's Central District and the capital of Isfahan Province, the third largest city of Iran; the former capital of Iran, from 1598–1736)
  2. Isfahan (a province of Iran)
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