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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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Following the murder of American Oil Executive Paul E. Grimm on the outskirts of Ahwaz, hundreds of U.S. technicians boarded chartered evacuation flights to safe havens outside the country.

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

Iranian officials claimed that the prisoners had been captured around Abadan, Ahwaz and Susangerd that week, but some may have been taken in earlier fighting.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

All good things have to come to an end and after two weeks we caught the train back to Ahwaz and thence to Shaiba.

From Coming of Age: 1939-1946 by John Cox

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