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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The capital city of Iran, the seat of Tehran County's Central District and the capital of Tehran Province.

   "Three days after the presidential elections, Tehran was in upheaval."

2. 2
   A county of Iran, around the city.
3. 3
   Tehran Province, one of 31 provinces in Iran.
4. 4
   The Tehran Conference (1943).
5. 5
   The government of Iran. metonymically

Synonyms

All synonyms

teheran

Example

More examples

"Tehran is a very beautiful town."

Etymology

Diacriticless transliteration of Iranian Persian تِهران (tehrân), from Classical Persian تَهران (tahrān). See there for more.

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