Herat

//hɛɹɑːt// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, the capital of Herat province, Afghanistan, dating back to Avestan times.

    "He [...] told her that Herat, the city where Mariam was born, in 1959, had once been the cradle of Persian culture, the home of writers, painters, and Sufis."

  2. 2
    A province of Afghanistan.

    "Shortly before they cross the border into Herat, they pass an Afghan refugee camp."

Example

More examples

"Other significant cities in Afghanistan include Kandahar, Herat, and Mazar-i-Sharif."

Etymology

From Classical Persian هَرَات (harāt), from Arabic هَرَاة (harāh), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠harēw⁠/).

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