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Dhahran

American  
[dah-rahn] / dɑˈrɑn /

noun

  1. a city in E Saudi Arabia: oil center.


Dhahran British  
/ dɑːˈrɑːn /

noun

  1. a town in E Saudi Arabia: site of the original discovery of oil in the country (1938)

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Two weeks earlier, on the far side of the country, a fellow traveler had pointed at a map and described the crumbling buildings here, in Dhahran al-Janub, arranged in a colorful open-air museum.

From New York Times

That cost, along with the construction of a new U.S. consulate in Jeddah and planning for a new consulate in Dhahran, was more than $1 billion.

From Seattle Times

The vast edifice rises on the edge of a highway on the outskirts of Al-Khobar - one of the three conjoined cities with Dhahran and Dammam on the Gulf coast.

From BBC

A Saudi statement said the military had destroyed ballistic missiles heading toward the eastern city of Dhahran.

From Washington Post

A residential compound in Dhahran used by Saudi Aramco was also targeted.

From Reuters