Abadan
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- proper noun
- By 1910, Abadan had become the focus of a major oil operation, with the largest refinery in the world by 1938.
Examples
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By 1910, Abadan had become the focus of a major oil operation, with the largest refinery in the world by 1938.
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Born in Abadan on 27 September 1957, Mr. Rezaie spent his childhood in Shiraz, where he completed high school with distinction.
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Born in Abadan on 27 September 1957, Mr. Rezaie spent his childhood in Shiraz, where he completed high school with distinction.
Blog text (3) -
Pipelines, built in 1909-1910, link the town with Abadan, 125 miles southwest.
Academic text (2007) -
From Bandar Abbas, he proceeded to Abadan and from there to Kuwait.
Fiction book (1993) -
Khor Mashur is a port city on the Persian Gulf near Abadan and is also discussed in Melamid's 1959 article.
Academic text (2007) -
Some private companies attempted to secure oil supplies from the Middle East without going through the "majors," and the Japanese tanker Nisshoumaru arrived at Abadan port to buy oil from Mosaddeq's Iran in 1953.
Academic text (2001) -
In Abadan, he stated, "People from outside the country are coming and taking all the profits and goodness of the oil away and doing nothing to help the Iranians."
Surface Forms
Etymology
Abadan comes from the Persian root abad meaning 'built' or 'prosperous' plus a place ending -an. So Abadan originally meant 'a built or prosperous place', which fits this port city known for its oil and refineries.