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Ahwaz

American  
[ah-wahz] / ɑˈwɑz /
Or Ahvaz

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Khuzistan, in W Iran.


Ahwaz British  
/ ɑːˈvɑːz, ɑːˈwɑːz /

noun

  1. a town in SW Iran, on the Karun River. Pop: 967 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Supply roads have been constructed to deliver fuel and equipment to Iraqi forces bogged down outside the Iranian towns of Dezful and Ahwaz.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Iraqi drive was aimed at three principal targets: the oil-refining center of Abadan, Khuzistan's capital of Ahwaz, and the important communications junction of Dezful, 150 miles north of Khorramshahr.

From Time Magazine Archive

Militarily, the fall of Susangerd would give the Iraqis control of a key highway leading to the provincial capital of Ahwaz, 30 miles to the southeast.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Iranians said they had counterattacked at Ahwaz, Susangerd and other points along the 500-mile front.

From Time Magazine Archive

Reenforcements had been sent from India in anticipation of the end of the flood season, and Ahwaz and Kurna were greatly strengthened.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds

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