Abadi (settlement)
An abadi () is a term often used in Persian to describe a settlement in a rural environment, or informally as a town or city. The word Abadi derives from "", which translates to "populous, thriving, prosperous". Being a generic and an ambiguous term referring to small isolated farms, on one hand, and towns and cities, on the other hand, the statistical center of Iran uses this term in a narrower sense: 1) village (but not city); 2) farm; 3) site (such as gas stations, restaurants, mines, railway stations, etc.)