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Dhahran

American  
[dah-rahn] / dɑˈrɑn /

noun

  1. a city in E Saudi Arabia: oil center.


Dhahran British  
/ dɑːˈrɑːn /

noun

  1. a town in E Saudi Arabia: site of the original discovery of oil in the country (1938)

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Fragments from an interception over Dhahran, the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry, fell into a residential area, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

That cost, along with the construction of a new U.S. consulate in Jeddah and planning for a new consulate in Dhahran, was more than $1 billion.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

The vast edifice rises on the edge of a highway on the outskirts of Al-Khobar - one of the three conjoined cities with Dhahran and Dammam on the Gulf coast.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2022

ATC was set up in Dhahran in 2012 and has offices in London, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.

From Reuters ● Jun. 15, 2022

The country’s biggest solar farm in operation covers a parking lot of the national oil company, Saudi Aramco, here in Dhahran.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2018

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