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Iranian

//ɪˈɹeɪni.ən// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture. not-comparable

    "Peugeot, one of France’s premier car companies, confirmed last week that it was well along in discussions with a presanctions partner, the Iranian auto company Khodro, to build cars in Iran and transfer French technology."

  2. 2
    Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Persian (the language). nonstandard
Noun
  1. 1
    A citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  2. 2
    a family of modern and historical languages spoken by the Persian (Iranian) people wordnet
  3. 3
    A person from Iran, or a descendant thereof.

    "In a joint move with several U.S. agencies, the State Department announced that it was penalizing 10 Iranians, including the three men, along with two entities for “conducting malicious cyberacts, including ransomware activity,” according to a statement."

  4. 4
    a native or inhabitant of Iran wordnet
  5. 5
    A person of a diverse ethnolinguistic group that speaks the Iranian languages and shares descent from the Proto-Iranians.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Iran + -ian.

Etymology 2

From Iran + -ian.

Etymology 3

From Iran + -ian.

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