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

This film tells the story of 14-year-old Omid, who plays football and watches cockfights before his hometown of Abadan is obliterated by Iraqi forces.

From Reuters

He was arrested in July for criticizing the government’s crackdown on protests in the southwestern city of Abadan over a deadly building collapse.

From Seattle Times

In a separate development, most of the remaining portion of a 10-story tower that collapsed earlier this year in the southwestern city of Abadan, killing at least 41 people, fell on Wednesday, state-run media reported.

From Seattle Times

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

Enraged crowds held protests for several days in Abadan, chanting slogans against local authorities and the central government, while security forces retaliated with tear gas and arrests.

From Washington Post