Abadan

American  

[ah-buh-dahn, ab-uh-] / ˌɑ bəˈdɑn, ˌæb ə- /

noun

1. a city in SW Iran, on the Shatt-al-Arab: oil refineries.

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Abadan British  

/ ˌæbəˈdɑːn /

noun

1. a port in SW Iran, on an island in the Shatt-al-Arab delta. Pop: 307 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

The New York Times cited Israeli officials as saying that the Abadan oil refinery was one of the sites targeted in its air strikes on Saturday morning.

From BBC

Rasoulof and other artists had co-signed a letter urging authorities to put down their weapons amid demonstrations over a 2022 building collapse that killed at least 29 people in the southwestern city of Abadan.

From Seattle Times

Making the film as an animation allowed Farsi to evoke the city of Abadan, which was razed during the war.

From Reuters

Videos appeared to show people demonstrating outside the Abadan oil refinery in Khuzestan province, Iran's oldest and largest in terms of output.

From BBC

They were among an Iranian cinema group who protested after the collapse of a 10-storey building in the city of Abadan in May, which killed more than 40 people.

From BBC