Urumiyeh

American  

[oo-roo-mee-ye] / ˌʊ ru miˈyɛ /

noun

1. Lake. Urmia, Lake.

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Example Sentences

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 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)

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 Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

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