Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northwest Iran on the western side of Lake Urmia, a shallow saline lake between Tabriz and the Turkish border.
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- proper noun A
saltwater lake in northwestern Iran near Turkey. Second largest saltwater lake on earth. - proper noun City in northwestern Iran on the shore of the lake of the same name. Capital of West Azerbaijan province.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city on the western side of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran
- noun a shallow saline lake in northwestern Iran between Tabriz and the western border of Turkey
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Examples
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These are allegedly from the Iranian city of Urmia.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Thursday June 18) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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The activists contend a network of dams are diverting water from Lake Urmia, the largest lake in Iran, causing it to dry up.
Human Rights Watch: Iran: Child Hanged in Public as Ahmadinejad Prepares for his General Assembly Speech Human Rights Watch 2011
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The activists contend a network of dams are diverting water from Lake Urmia, the largest lake in Iran, causing it to dry up.
Human Rights Watch: Iran: Child Hanged in Public as Ahmadinejad Prepares for his General Assembly Speech Human Rights Watch 2011
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A shoe was recently hurled at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while he was in the city of Urmia, an Iranian Web site has reported.
Canon Fodder 2009
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These are allegedly from the Iranian city of Urmia.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Thursday June 18) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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-- I remember my father walking with me beside Lake Urmia once, pointing to the reflections on the water.
Archive 2005-05-01 Hal Duncan 2005
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I found Enoch in a small village in Azerbaijan, on the banks of the Adji Chay river which runs east from Lake Urmia, through a fertile valley walled in by the Savalan and Sahand mountains.
The Face Of The Divine Hal Duncan 2005
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-- I remember my father walking with me beside Lake Urmia once, pointing to the reflections on the water.
The Face Of The Divine Hal Duncan 2005
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I found Enoch in a small village in Azerbaijan, on the banks of the Adji Chay river which runs east from Lake Urmia, through a fertile valley walled in by the Savalan and Sahand mountains.
Archive 2005-05-01 Hal Duncan 2005
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Malak Ghorbany was sentenced to death June 28 by a court in the Iranian city of Urmia after being found guilty of committing "adultery."
Mother of 2 faces death by stoning in Iran Suzanne 2006
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