Abadan
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Ab·a·dan
(ä′bə-dän′, ăb′ə-dăn′) A city of southwest Iran on Abadan Island in the delta of the Shatt al Arab at the head of the Persian Gulf.
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Abadan
(ˌæbəˈdɑːn)n
(Placename) a port in SW Iran, on an island in the Shatt-al-Arab delta. Pop: 307 000 (2005 est)
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A•ba•dan
(ˌɑ bəˈdɑn, ˌæb ə-)n.
a city in SW Iran, on the Shatt-al-Arab: oil refineries. 306,000.
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Noun | 1. | Abadan - a port city in southwestern Iran Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia - a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil |
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