Urmia

American  

[oor-mee-uh] / ˈʊər mi ə /

noun

1. Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2,000 sq. mi. (5,180 sq. km).

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Urmia British  

/ ˈɜːmɪə, ɒˈruːmiːjə /

noun

1. a shallow lake in NW Iran, at an altitude of 1300 m (4250 ft): the largest lake in Iran, varying in area from 4000–6000 sq km (1500–2300 sq miles) between autumn and spring

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Urmia

Bakerzadeh dreamed of returning to run his mobile-phone store, he told fellow inmates in the main prison of Urmia, a city in Iran’s northwest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

At least half a dozen universities in cities including Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz and Urmia said courses would be held remotely for the next few weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026

Urmia, in the northwest, is Iran's largest lake, but has largely dried out and turned into a vast salt bed due to drought.

From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025

A court in Urmia found Zahra Seddiqi Hamedani, 31, and Elham Choubdar, 24, guilty of "corruption on Earth".

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2022

A buffer state had been formed in that area by Tiglath-pileser, who had assisted the king of the Mannai to weld together the hill tribesmen between Lake Van and Lake Urmia into an organized nation.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie

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