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Khuzistan

American  
[khoo-zi-stahn, koo-zuh-stan, -stahn] / ˌxu zɪˈstɑn, ˈku zəˌstæn, -ˌstɑn /
Or Khuzestan

noun

  1. a province in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km). Ahwaz.


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Tehran was in need of some sort of boost as the Iraqi army tightened its hold on the major cities of oil-rich Khuzistan province.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the contrary, the initial Iraqi drive into Iran's Khuzistan province has long since bogged down, and Western military analysts now see the prospect of a protracted stalemate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Iraqi forces inched forward in their effort to capture and isolate the Iranian province of Khuzistan, but the Iranians continued to stave off the Iraqis' superior firepower.

From Time Magazine Archive

On reports of "foreign agitation" in Khuzistan and Kurdistan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Uwaja is probably the origin of the modern Khuzistan, though Mordtmann would derive the latter from “a sugar-reed.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

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