Tehran
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- proper noun
- /tɛˈhɑrn/
- I was born in Tehran, Iran, during the Islamic Revolution.
- Tehran, Iran
- Tehran's nuclear program
- deal with Tehran
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Watch on YouTubeOf course, they also met at Tehran and Yalta and and Potsdam.
- Of course, they also met at Tehran and Yalta and and Potsdam.
- If all goes, if all goes well, we can be in Tehran by August.
- Who would have thought that would have been an earthquake in Tehran?
- It was so interesting, very developed, just like Tehran is.
- You can order alcohol in Tehran and within half an hour it will be delivered to your door.
- Matt has the right list, but at the same time we cannot be naive about the regime in Tehran.
- And then he very discreetly turns the microphone off and he turns around and he says, did he say Baghdad or did he say Tehran?
- And as soon as he does that, the revolutionaries breakthrough the siege, March on Tehran, move the Shah from power, rewrite the constitution, reelect parliament.
- We have a Bureau in Tehran, and they're covering the fallout from an attack by Iran's Revolutionary Guard on militant groups inside Syria.
- And so we appeal foremost to Tehran and Moscow to use their considerable leverage to convince the Syrian government to stop barrel bombing civilians.
- So a scope on top of a roof in apartment in Tehran, which is highly light polluted.
- So that is the lion women of Tehran.
- Stop the car and by the side of the world, this is daily occurrence today in Tehran and Isfan and other parts of Iran.
Examples
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Many tourists visit Tehran to explore its rich history and culture.
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If all goes, if all goes well, we can be in Tehran by August.
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You can order alcohol in Tehran and within half an hour it will be delivered to your door.
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Well, write about when we went to Tehran.
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At twenty-one, with one exam left to pass, she returned to Tehran, as she did every summer.
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Rostami is now in Tehran, but Behruz is here in Rome.
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I'm here in sunny Tehran where locals have clearly embraced these routine scans.
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The demonstrators outside the United States embassy in Tehran today have stormed the embassy.
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I was born in Tehran, the capital city of Iran.
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The skyline of Tehran is dominated by the Alborz mountains in the background.
Synonyms
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The capital and largest city of Iran in the north of the country
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tehran most people think comes from old Persian parts teh and rān, which are said to mean 'bottom' or 'foot' and 'slope' or 'hill'. This fits the city today because Tehran lies at the foot of the Alborz mountains, so you can remember it as the 'city at the foot of the mountain'.