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Kerman

American  
[ker-mahn, ker-] / kərˈmɑn, kɛr- /

noun

  1. a city in SE Iran.


Kerman British  
/ kəˈmɑːn /

noun

  1. a city in SE Iran: carpet-making centre. Pop: 546 000 (2005 est)

"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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After a couple of miles, the truck’s emergency lights came on, and he pulled over in Kerman, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Starburst, an enterprise intelligence platform for governed data and AI, appointed Kerman Lau as chief financial officer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Kerman, the most commonly-planted pistachio variety, originates from Iran and is named after a famous carpet-making city near Rafsanjan.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both in their early fifties, were seized in January as they passed through Kerman, in central Iran, while on a round-the-world motorbike trip.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

Next to these come those made at Kerman, the design being quite different to those of Kurdistan.

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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