Iran — Iran … Deutsch Wörterbuch
IRAN — Dans les années 1970, l’Iran évoquait, pour la majorité des Occidentaux, l’image d’un pays aux traditions multimillénaires engagé sur la voie d’une modernisation rapide, profitant d’un exceptionnel développement grâce à l’abondance de ses… … Encyclopédie Universelle
IRAN — (official name: Islamic Republic of Iran), country in S.W. Asia, before 1935 known as Persia. Iran covers an area of 1,648,195 square km and includes 28 provinces, 714 districts, 718 towns, and 2,258 villages. Up to 1948 Jews were scattered in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Iran — Iran is a Persian, Muslim, non Arab state located in the predominantly Arab Middle East. It opposed the creation of the Jewish state in the United Nations General Assembly vote in November 1947 on the Palestine Partition Plan but subsequently… … Historical Dictionary of Israel
Iran — from Pers. Iran, from Middle Persian Д’rДЃn (land) of the Iranians, genitive plural of Д“r an Iranian, from Old Iranian *arya (O. Pers. ariya , Avestan airya ) Iranian , from Indo Iranian *arya or *ДЃrya (see ARYAN (Cf. Aryan)), a self… … Etymology dictionary
Iran — I ran ([=e] r[aum]n ), n. [Mod. Persian Ir[=a]n. Cf. {Aryan}.] The native name of Persia, the name adopted by the modern nation of Iran. [1913 Webster +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
iran — iran; iran·ic; … English syllables
Iran — Iran, s, auch mit Artikel der; [s]; Islamische Republik Iran (vorderasiatischer Staat; vgl. Persien) … Die deutsche Rechtschreibung
Iran — Iran1 [i ran′, i rän′] 1. country in SW Asia, between the Caspian Sea & the Persian Gulf: formerly an empire, it became an Islamic republic in 1979: 634,293 sq mi (1,642,813 sq km); pop. 49,445,000; cap. Tehran: former name PERSIA 2. Plateau of… … English World dictionary
Iran — (Eran), das große vorderasiatische Tafelland südlich des Hindukusch und des Elburz vom Indus im O. bis zum Tigris im W., gegen S. bis an den Persischen Meerbusen u. das Indische Meer reichend und 2,700,000 qkm groß, das politisch in die Länder… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon