Etymology

Khorramshahr

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Today it means: A port city in Khuzestan Province, located in southwestern Iran. Full definition →

Persian خرمشهر
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  1. Persian · borrowed fromخرمشهر
  2. English todayKhorramshahr

From Persian خرمشهر (xorramšahr) itself from خرم (xorram, “happy, green”) + شهر (šahr, “city”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.