Khuzistan

or Khu·ze·stan

[ khoo-zi-stahn; English koo-zuh-stan, -stahn ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

From thence I returned to the country of Khuzistan, which lies on the Tigris.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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Khuzistan is one of the most valuable provinces of modern Persia.

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They were spirited and active animals, evidently of a fine breed, such as that for which Khuzistan is famous at the present day.

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