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Pahlavi Iran en · PROPN

Etymology

Calque of Iranian Persian ایرانِ پَهْلَوی (irân-e pahlavi).

Meanings

  1. (historical) An Iranian state under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979), following the end of Qajar rule and preceding the Iranian Revolution. Official names: Imperial State of Persia (1925–1935) and Imperial State of Iran (1935–1979). Capital: Tehran.
    • Pahlavi Iran’s hour had struck, and the man appeared to lead the nation in the new paths now open to her. 1959, S.P.’s Directory of Iran, page 31:
    • Rapid growth of industries in the empire is now encouraged and further helped by the recent completion of the Trans-Iranian Railway. It is a unique achievement of Pahlavi Iran in many ways. Oct. 1937, “The Trans-Iranian Railway is the Greatest Achievement of the Pahlavi Regime”, in The Iran League Quarterly, page 64:
    • […] this renewed interest in Iran sprang from the government’s deliberate policy of identifying the new Pahlavi Iran with the ancient empires of the distant past […] 1968, The Cambridge History of Iran, volume 7, page 238:
    • Pahlavi Iran was yet unborn. Its progenitor was still merely the Minister of Defence. 1975, Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla, Dastur Dhalla, page 402:

Synonyms

Pahlavi state, Pahlavi State · Pahlavian Iran

Translations (8)

prs اِیرَانِ پَهْلَوِی (Translations) · tr Pehlevî İranı (Translations) · az Pəhləvi İranı (Translations) · tg Эрони паҳлавӣ (Translations) · ur پَہْلَوی اِیران (Translations) · fa-ira ایرانِ پَهْلَوی (Translations) · ar إِيرَان الْبَهْلَوِيَّة (Translations) · uz Pahlaviy Eroni (Translations)