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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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As part of this strategy, the Iraqis have repeatedly shelled Dezful, nexus for most of the oil pipelines running northward from Khuzistan.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a well-coordinated six-day campaign late last month, Iran's armed forces recaptured some 850 sq. mi. of territory in Khuzistan, all but decimating the Iraqi Fourth Army.

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

Nor, in the British assessment, is Baghdad eager to occupy all of oil-rich Khuzistan.

From Time Magazine Archive

It overtook him at Khuzistan, in Persia, on his journey to King Artachshashta.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Radin, Paul

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