Demavend

American  

[dem-uh-vend] / ˌdɛm əˈvɛnd /

noun

1. a mountain in N Iran, in the Elburz Mountains. 18,606 feet (5,670 meters).

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Demavend British  

/ ˈdɛməvɛnd /

noun

1. a volcanic peak in N Iran, in the Elburz Mountains. Height: 5671 m (18 606 ft)

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Example Sentences

Demavend, shuddered and heaved in a mighty earthquake that laid waste more than 100 Iranian villages in an area covering 50,000 square miles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Demavend, towering 18,600 ft. high in the Elburz range north of Teheran, has long reigned in quiet white dignity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Demavend has long been asleep, but the great earthquakes of 1891, 1893 and 1895 in Astrabad and Kuchan to the eastward, and Khalkhal in the north-west, show that its underground fires are still alight.

From Persia Revisited by Gordon, Thomas Edward

The traditional scene of the destruction was the mountain of Demavend, the highest peak of the Elburz range south of the Caspian.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George

And for those who love the mountain heights there is the beautiful and picturesque Mount Demavend, rising some 19,400 feet above sea-level.

From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by Hume-Griffith, A.