Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

khorramabad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: khor-ram-abad
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Iran, the seat of Khorramabad County's Central District and the capital of Lorestan Province.

name

A county of Iran, around the city.

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خرمآباد, from خرم (xorram) + ـآباد (abad), Northern Luri خۆڕمۏںە (xorrmwə), Laki خۆڕماوە (xořmawe).

Origin

Source language: Persian

Word Breakdown

Root: خرمآباد

Questions

What does khorramabad mean?: A city in Iran, the seat of Khorramabad County's Central District and the capital of Lorestan Province.
Where does khorramabad come from?: It is traced to Persian.

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