Qeshm

British  

/ ˈkɛʃəm /

noun

1. the largest island in the Persian Gulf: part of Iran. Area: 1336 sq km (516 sq miles)

2. the chief town of this island

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Example Sentences

Iran also hit a desalination plant in Bahrain, and according to Araghchi, a U.S. airstrike damaged an Iranian desalination plan on Qeshm Island that is a critical drinking water supply in the parched deserts of the gulf.

From Los Angeles Times

The protests spread nationwide, reaching as far as the Persian Gulf island of Qeshm, a free-trade zone that has seldom seen any kind of political mobilization.

From The Wall Street Journal

Protests have also taken place on Qeshm Island, on Iran’s Persian Gulf coast, and in Hamedan, in western Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal

Since then, videos verified by BBC Persian have shown demonstrations in the cities of Karaj, Hamedan, Qeshm, Malard, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Shiraz and Yazd.

From BBC

Best known for their work trying to conserve Asiatic cheetahs, she says they also worked with Persian leopards, dolphins and turtles in Qeshm Island, Asiatic bears, as well as migratory birds.

From BBC