Khorasan (English, name)
expansion: Khorasan
Senses:
wikidata: Q2352322
glosses: 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.
tags: historical
wikidata: Q6178890
glosses: A former province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces.
glosses: Ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”).
tags: abbreviation
alt-of
ellipsis
proscribed
Forms:
form: Khorassan
tags: alternative
form: Khurasan
tags: alternative