Khorassan

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A form of Khorasan — The Sassanian and post-Islamic Persian name for the region of Parthia located in north east of Persia (Iran), sometimes covering also parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan; the Greater Khorasan.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Khorasan.
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    Miandasht is the first place in Khorassan proper, and among the motley gathering of charvadars, camel-drivers, pilgrims, travellers, villagers and hangers-on about the serai, are many Khorassanis wearing huge sheepskin busbies, similar to the head-gear of the Roumanians and Tabreez Turks of Ovahjik and the Perso-Turkish border.

    1887, Thomas Stevens, chapter IV, in Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. II: From Teheran to Yokohama, London: Sampson Low […] , pages 71–72

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APA

Khorassan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khorassan

MLA

“Khorassan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khorassan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Khorassan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khorassan.

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