Dhahran
[ dah-rahn ]
/ dɑˈrɑn /
noun
a city in E Saudi Arabia: oil center.
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Examples from the Web for dhahran
The Khobar Towers are located close to Aramco headquarters in Dhahran.
In Saudi Arabia and Israel, Signals That Iran Has Retaliation in Works|Bruce Riedel|October 26, 2012|DAILY BEASTIt was 1996, and the U.S. Air Force barracks had just been bombed in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
British Dictionary definitions for dhahran
Dhahran
/ (dɑːˈrɑːn) /
noun
a town in E Saudi Arabia: site of the original discovery of oil in the country (1938)
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