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Khorasan

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The Sassanian and post-Islamic Persian name for the region of Parthia located in north east of Persia (Iran), sometimes covering also parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan; the Greater Khorasan.
    historical
  2. A former province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces.
  3. Ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, proscribed

Equivalents

FrançaisKhorasanKhorassan
DeutschChorasanChorassan
РусскийХорасан
7 more languages
العربيةخُرَاسَان
فارسیخراسان
Қазақ тіліХорасан
한국어호라산
NederlandsKhorasan
PolskiChorasan
ТоҷикӣХуросон

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Khorasan wheat Khorasani Turkic Khorasani Turks Khorassan Khorat Khorazm

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