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Yezd

American  
[yezd] / yɛzd /

noun

  1. a city in central Iran.


Yezd British  
/ jɛzd /

noun

  1. a variant of Yazd

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The ancient, withered men of Yezd are being taught to read.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yezd is an island city in a sea of sand.

From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by Hume-Griffith, A.

Scorpions, centipedes, tarantulas, and suchlike creatures have a good time in Yezd.

From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by Hume-Griffith, A.

There was a very large one connected with the house in which we lived in Yezd, and even on the hottest days, some air was always to be felt coming from the “bâd geer.”

From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by Hume-Griffith, A.

We left Yezd just before sunset, reaching our half-way place shortly before midnight.

From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by Hume-Griffith, A.