Ahvaz

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Ahvaz

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From Persian اهواز (ahvâz), from Arabic أَهْوَاز (ʔahwāz) and اَلْأَهْوَاز (al-ʔahwāz), a shortened form of سُوق الْأَهْوَاز (sūq al-ʔahwāz), a partial-calque of Middle Persian Hūǰestān-vāčār (literally “the market of Khuzestan”), name of a major town in Sassanian-era Khuzestan; see Khuzestan for more.

proper noun Ahwaz

A city in Iran, the seat of Ahvaz County's Central District and the capital of Khuzestan Province.
A county of Iran, around the city.

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name city in Iran

中文	阿瓦士 Āwǎshì
हिन्दी	अहवाज़ ahvāz
العربية	أَهْوَاز ʔahwāz, أَحْوَاز ʔaḥwāz

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@misc{ahvaz_2026,
  title = {Ahvaz},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ahvaz},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}