ZAGROS MOUNTAINS

Meaning of ZAGROS MOUNTAINS in English

Pronunciation: ' za-gr ə s, - ˌ gr ō s

Function: geographical name

mountains W & S Iran bordering on Turkey, Iraq, & Persian Gulf; highest over 14,000 ft (4267 m )

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

ZAGROS MOUNTAINS — geographical name mountains W & S Iran bordering on Turkey, Iraq, & Persian Gulf; highest over 14,000 feet (4267 meters …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS — /zag"reuhs/ a mountain range in S and SW Iran, extending along parts of the borders of Turkey and Iraq. Highest …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS — geographical name mountains W & S Iran bordering on Turkey, Iraq, & Persian Gulf; highest over 14,000 feet (4267 meters …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS — mountain range in southwestern Iran, extending northwest-southeast from the Sirvan (Diyala) River to Shiraz. The Zagros range is about 550 …
Britannica English vocabulary
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS — геогр. Загрос ( горная система )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS — горн. сист. Запрос Загрос
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS — геогр. Загрос ( горная система )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS — геогр. Загрос ( горная система )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS — геогр. Загрос ( горная система в Иране )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS — геогр. Загрос (горная система в Иране)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS — горн. сист. Запрос Загрос
Англо-Русский географический словарь
MOUNTAINS — plural of mountain
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOUNTAINS — скалы Горы
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOUNTAINS — Гора
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MOUNTAINS — скалы
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
MOUNTAINS — Literally, the "
Russian-English Edic
MOUNTAINS — скалы Горы
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TA-PA MOUNTAINS — WadeGiles romanization Ta-pa Shan, Pinyin Daba Shan, mountain range dividing Szechwan province from Shensi province, China. Like the Tsinling Mountains …
Britannica English vocabulary
NAN MOUNTAINS — Chinese (Wade-Giles and Pinyin) Nan Shan, a vast complex of mountain ranges in the northwestern region of China. The ranges …
Britannica English vocabulary
LEBANON MOUNTAINS — Arabic Jabal Lubnan, French Mont Liban, also called Jabal Al-gharbi, or Mt. Lebanon, mountain range, extending almost the entire length …
Britannica English vocabulary
EAST AFRICAN MOUNTAINS — mountain region structurally related to the great East African Rift System, which extends from the Red Sea in the north …
Britannica English vocabulary
ATLAS MOUNTAINS — The Atlas Mountains. series of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, running generally southwest to northeast to form the geologic backbone …
Britannica English vocabulary
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS — The Appalachian Mountains. also called Appalachians, great highland system of North America, the eastern counterpart of the Rocky Mountains. Extending …
Britannica English vocabulary
ALASKAN MOUNTAINS — three principal mountain groupsthe Brooks Range, Alaska Range, and Aleutian Rangefound in Alaska. The Alaskan mountain ranges and the Mackenzie …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOUNTAIN — I Landform that rises well above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local …
Английский словарь Британика
LURISTAN BRONZE — or Lorestan Bronze Objects excavated since the late 1920s in the valleys of the Zagros Mountains in the Luristan region …
Английский словарь Британика
LUR — I. ˈlu̇(ə)r noun ( plural lur or lurs ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a chiefly nomadic Muslim people of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUBARAEAN — noun or su·ba·re·an ˌsübəˈrēən ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: subaraean probably from New Latin Subarae us Subaraean (from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QASHQAI — noun also quash·qai ˈkäshˌkī ( plural qashqai or qashqais ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a migratory Turkic-speaking people of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ZARDEH KUH — /zahr"deuh kooh"/ a mountain in W Iran: the highest peak of the Zagros Mountains, 14,921 ft. (4550 m). Also, Zard …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VALLEY — elongate depression of the Earth's surface. Valleys are commonly drained by rivers and may be in a relatively flat plain …
Britannica English vocabulary
RIVER — any natural stream of water that flows in a channel with defined banks (ultimately from Latin ripa, bank). Modern usage …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOUNTAIN — landform that rises prominently above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local relief. …
Britannica English vocabulary
TA'MIM, AT- — muhafazah (governorate), in northeastern Iraq, created from the northern part of Kirkuk muhafazah. It has an area of 3,729 sq …
Britannica English vocabulary
SUSA — also called Shushan, Greek Susiane, modern Shush capital of Elam (Susiana) and administrative capital of the Achaemenian king Darius I …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHIRAZ — capital, Fars ostan (province), south central Iran, within the Zagros Mountains on an agricultural lowland at an elevation of 4,875 …
Britannica English vocabulary
SARGON II — died 705 BC one of Assyria's great kings (reigned 721705 BC) during the last century of its history. He extended …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROMANIA, FLAG OF — vertically striped blue-yellow-red national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is approximately 2 to 3. In 1834 the Ottoman government recognized local …
Britannica English vocabulary
PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM — series of mountain ranges that constitute a major physical feature of western North America. They run parallel to the Pacific …
Britannica English vocabulary
OREGON
Britannica English vocabulary
NORTH AFRICA, HISTORY OF — history of the area from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Additional reading General works Overviews of North …
Britannica English vocabulary
MYANMAR, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a red field (background) with a blue canton bearing, in white, a circle of stars, a …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOROCCO, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a red field with a green, five-pointed star in its centre. The flag's width-to-length ratio is …
Britannica English vocabulary
MITANNI — Indo-Iranian empire centred in northern Mesopotamia that flourished from about 1500 to about 1360 BC. At its height the empire …
Britannica English vocabulary
MESOPOTAMIA — (GreekLand Between the Rivers) region between the Tigris and Euphrates in western Asia. In a specific sense, Mesopotamia is the …
Britannica English vocabulary
LURISTAN BRONZE — Luristan also spelled Lorestan, any of the horse trappings, utensils, weapons, jewelry, belt buckles, and ritual and votive objects of …
Britannica English vocabulary
LULLUBI — ancient group of tribes that inhabited the Sherizor plain in the Zagros Mountains of western Iran. A warlike people, they …
Britannica English vocabulary
KURDISTAN — Arabic Kurdestan, Persian Kordestan, traditional region, an extensive plateau and mountain area inhabited mainly by Kurds, including large parts of …
Britannica English vocabulary
KURD — Areas of Kurdish settlement in Southwest Asia member of an ethnic and linguistic group living in the Taurus Mountains of …
Britannica English vocabulary
KORDESTAN — also spelled Kurdistan, geographic region, northwestern Iran. It is bounded by the Iranian region of Azerbaijan on the north, and …
Britannica English vocabulary
KIRKUK — city, northeastern Iraq. The city is 145 miles (233 km) north of Baghdad, the national capital, with which it is …
Britannica English vocabulary
KHUZESTAN — also spelled Khuzistan, formerly 'arabestan, geographic region in southwestern Iran, lying at the head of the Persian Gulf and bordering …
Britannica English vocabulary
KASSITE — member of an ancient people known primarily for establishing the second, or middle, Babylonian dynasty; they were believed (perhaps wrongly) …
Britannica English vocabulary
KARUN RIVER — Persian Rud-e Karun, ancient Ulai, or Eulaeus river in southwestern Iran, a tributary of the Shatt al-Arab, which it joins …
Britannica English vocabulary
IRAQ, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with three green stars and an Arabic inscription on the white stripe. The flag has …
Britannica English vocabulary
ILAM — city, western Iran. The city is rural in appearance and is located near the Iraq-Iran border. A number of roads …
Britannica English vocabulary
HURRIAN — one of a people important in the history and culture of the Middle East during the 2nd millennium BC. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
HORMOZGAN — ostan (province), southern Iran, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman on the south and bounded by the …
Britannica English vocabulary
GUTI — mountain people of ancient Mesopotamia who lived primarily around Hamadan in the central Zagros Range. The Guti were a strong …
Britannica English vocabulary
GOBI
Britannica English vocabulary
FERTILE CRESCENT — the region in the Middle East where the civilizations of the Middle East and the Mediterranean basin began. The term …
Britannica English vocabulary
COLOMBIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped yellow-blue-red national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3. Local opposition to Spanish rule in what is …
Britannica English vocabulary
BULGARIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped white-green-red national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is unspecified. In the 14th century the coat of arms of Tsar …
Britannica English vocabulary
ALGERIA
Britannica English vocabulary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

← ZAGREB ZAHARIAS→