Iran
pronunciation
How to pronounce Iran in British English:
UK [ɪˈrɑːn; ɪˈræn]
How to pronounce Iran in American English:
US [ ɪ'ræn]
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- Noun:
- a theocratic islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil; involved in state-sponsored terrorism
Word Origin
- Iran
- from Persian Iran, from Middle Persian Ērān "(land) of the Iranians," genitive plural of ēr- "an Iranian," from Old Iranian *arya- (Old Persian ariya-, Avestan airya-) "Iranian", from Indo-Iranian *arya- or *ārya- (see Aryan), a self-designation, perhaps meaning "compatriot." In 1935 the government of Reza Shah Pahlavi requested governments with which it had diplomatic relations to call his country Iran, after the indigenous name, rather than the Greek-derived Persia.
Example
- 1. China is iran 's biggest trading partner .
- 2. Until recently , trade with iran was still straightforward .
- 3. They were opposed by iran .
- 4. And how might iran respond ?
- 5. Iraq and iran are critical .