Kashan

K5A1S1H4A1N1
/kɑːʃɑːn/

proper noun

A city in Isfahan Province, Iran.

OriginPersian کاشان →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in Isfahan Province, Iran.
nounKashan (plural Kashans)

plural Kashans

  1. A kind of decorative flat carpet.

    I napped in the pile of the brushed and bruised Kashan on our living room floor

    1985, Peter Balakian, “The Oriental Rug”, in Robert Pack, Jay Parini, editors, Introspections: American poets on one of their own poems, Hanover and London: University Press of New England for Middlebury College Press, published 1997, →ISBN, page 29

Origin

  1. Persianکاشان
  2. EnglishKashan

From Persian کاشان (kâšân).

More words from Persian

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 卡尚
  • 卡尚 (Kǎshàng)city in Iran
Polish Kaszan
  • Kaszancity in Iran

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Khasansankha
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APA

Kashan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kashan

MLA

“Kashan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kashan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kashan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kashan.

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