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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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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 Dec. 12, 2023

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 Jul. 8, 2022

ATC was set up in Dhahran in 2012 and has offices in London, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.

From Reuters Jun. 15, 2022

He studied English and other subjects in his spare time and, in the late 1980s, earned a master’s degree in computer science at a Saudi college in Dhahran.

From Washington Post May 28, 2020

He was previously a senior engineering consultant for Saudi Aramco, a Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2020

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