Khuzistan

American  

[khoo-zi-stahn, koo-zuh-stan, -stahn] / ˌxu zɪˈstɑn, ˈku zəˌstæn, -ˌstɑn /

Or Khuzestan

noun

1. a province in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km). Ahwaz.

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Example Sentences

Forqhan has no apparent links to Black Wednesday, a group that demands greater autonomy for the 2 million Iranian Arabs of the Khuzistan region.

From Time Magazine Archive

Iraqi forces inched forward in their effort to capture and isolate the Iranian province of Khuzistan, but the Iranians continued to stave off the Iraqis' superior firepower.

From Time Magazine Archive

Iraqi claims about the capture of four cities inside Iran's oil-rich Khuzistan province in the first week of fighting proved to be embarrassingly premature.

From Time Magazine Archive

The war was started by Saddam Hussein in September 1980 to seize part of Iran's oil-producing Khuzistan province.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were spirited and active animals, evidently of a fine breed, such as that for which Khuzistan is famous at the present day.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George