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

The Jaghetu and the Aji-Su are the two chief rivers of the Urumiyeh basin.

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 George Rawlinson

It is found only in one place, on the flanks of the hills, not far from the Urumiyeh lake.

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 George Rawlinson

So far as we can judge from the evidence of proper names, the Hittites belonged to a race which was spread from the Halys in Asia Minor to the shores of Lake Urumiyeh.

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

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 George Rawlinson

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