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Elburz Mountains

American  
[el-boorz] / ɛlˈbʊərz /

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in N Iran, along the S coast of the Caspian Sea. Highest peak, Mt. Demavend, 18,606 feet (5,671 meters).


Elburz Mountains British  
/ ɛlˈbʊəz /

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in N Iran, parallel to the SW and S shores of the Caspian Sea. Highest peak: Mount Demavend, 5671 m (18 606 ft)

"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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In the Mazandaran province of northern Iran, where the Elburz Mountains careen toward the Caspian Sea, Asieh Amini grew up on a farm surrounded by kiwi and tangerine orchards.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016

Riding back next day over the Elburz Mountains, the "King of Kings" forged ahead of his suite, who found a snowstorm in Firuzkuh Pass too much for them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Neither he nor his wife, the Empress Farah, had made any public appearances for two weeks, although the Empress slipped away one day to go skiing in the nearby Elburz Mountains.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Who built your new mosque?" the headman of the village of Hesar Khorvan on the slopes of the Elburz Mountains is asked.

From Time Magazine Archive

But as we mounted, higher and ever higher over the Elburz Mountains, we soon lost this English type of scenery.

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 A. Hume-Griffith

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