Urumiyeh

American  

[oo-roo-mee-ye] / ˌʊ ru miˈjɛ /

noun

1. Lake. Urmia, Lake.

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Urumiyeh

State television said the Iran Air plane was en route from Tehran to Urumiyeh.

From Reuters ● Jan. 10, 2011

Lake Urumiyeh produces none, as its waters are so salt that they even destroy all the river-fish which enter them.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media 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

All its other important streams, as has been seen, flow either into the Caspian or into the great lake of Urumiyeh.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media 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

The fortress of Muzazir near Lake Urumiyeh was captured, thus extending the Assyrian frontier far to the east, and Ursa, in despair, committed suicide.

From A Primer of Assyriology by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The waters of Lake Urumiyeh are probably as salt and as buoyant; those of Lake Elton in the steppe east of the Wolga, and of certain other Russian lakes, appear to be even salter.

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