Hamadan
noun
a city in W Iran.
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Hamadan
American
[ham-uh-dan, ha-ma-dahn]
/ ˈhæm əˌdæn, hæ mæˈdɑn /
noun
Hamadān
British
/ ˈhæməˌdæn /
noun
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Following the publication of the videos, the semi-official Tasnim agency carried a video appearing to show that the streets of Hamadan were calm.
From Reuters • Sep. 17, 2023
The government of the western Hamadan province said 58 demonstrators had been arrested.
From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2022
Nor can modern creations — such as the Avicenna Mausoleum in Hamadan, dedicated to the greatest scholar of the Islamic Golden Age — be omitted from any list of sites of Iranian cultural significance.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2020
This explains the pre-eminence of the RSF commander, Mohammed "Hemedti" Hamadan whose personal ruthlessness in Darfur always made him the most likely leader of a counter-revolution.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2019
Hamadan, September 15.—"Revenons à nos moutons"—the moutons in this instance being my travelling arrangements.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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