English Explanatory Dictionary

Urmia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A salt lake northwestern Iran, near Turkey.
  2. A city in Iran, the seat of Urmia County's Central District and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province, on the shore of the lake of the same name.
  3. A county of Iran, around the city.

Pronunciation

/ˈɜːmɪə/

Word forms

Urmia

Etymology

Probably from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܘܪ (w-r, “city”), a common Assyrian name for cities around Mesopotamia, and ܡܝܐ (miyā, “water”), referring to the great lake nearby.

Translations

Aramaic: ܐܘܪܡܝܐ Armenian: Ուրմիա Azerbaijani: Urmiya Danish: Urmia Central Kurdish: ورمێ Northern Kurdish: Ûrmiye Persian: ارومیه Russian: У́рмия Turkish: Urmiye
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