Karun

[ kuh-roon, kah- ]

/ kəˈrun, kɑ- /

a river in SW Iran, flowing SW to the Shatt-al-Arab. About 515 miles (830 km) long.

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A4 involved Karun being marooned in Bandra by accident, not design.
A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi”|Manil Suri|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
How would I lead Sarita and Jaz (who had by now teamed up) to Karun?
A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi”|Manil Suri|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I noticed that my three main characters, Sarita, Karun and Jaz, formed a trinity just like Vishnu, Shiva, and Devi.
A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi”|Manil Suri|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I rejected possibility B1 (Karun awaiting them) almost immediately: the mystery of his disappearance needed to be prolonged.
A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi”|Manil Suri|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Possibility A1 was that Karun, being a scientist, needed protection, so the institute squirreled him away there.
A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi”|Manil Suri|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Ang Hapun karun awas sa mga pruduktu, Japan has products in abundance.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
Ikay nagsanggat sa tagà; karun ikay tangtang, You let the hook snag so you get it loose.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
Kadaghan na siya makalúsad, karun pa giyud kadaug, He ran so many times, but this is the first time he won.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
Karun, one of the four streams forming the confluence of streams, 506.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria|Morris Jastrow
This second meeting took place in the Karun, as before, but at a point some fifty or sixty miles below Bund-i-Kir.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various