Dictionary

Tehran en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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• /tɛˈɹæn/
• /ˌtɛˈɹɑːn/
• tě-ränʹ

Etymology

A diacriticless transliteration of Iranian Persian تِهران (tehrân), from Classical Persian تَهران (tahrān). See there for more.

Meanings

1. The capital city of Iran, the seat of Tehran County's Central District and the capital of Tehran Province.
   • Three days after the presidential elections, Tehran was in upheaval. 2013 June 13, Sune Engel Rasmussen, “After Torture and Persecution, Iranian Activists Work From Inside the U.S.”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2014:
2. A county of Iran, around the city.
3. Tehran Province, one of the 31 provinces in Iran.
4. (qualifier:by ellipsis) The Tehran Conference (1943).
5. (metonymically) The government of Iran.
   • I want to add one more thing to that: one thing that you will read in all the reporting of the war; all the decision making; all the ways this has turned into a mess for the administration — one thing you’ll see is that they just did not expect this level of resistance from Tehran; they did not expect this level of sophistication from Tehran — they just didn’t expect it at all. 2026 May 4, jamelle-bouie, “racism makes you stupid”, in YouTube:

Forms

Deriveds

Tehrani · Tehranian · Tehrangeles

Translations (109)

sq Teheran (capital of Iran) · sv Teheran (capital of Iran) · es Teherán (capital of Iran) · vi Tê-hê-răng (capital of Iran) · el Τεχεράνη (capital of Iran) · aii ܛܗܪܢ (capital of Iran) · lo ເຕເຮຣານ (capital of Iran) · nb Teheran (capital of Iran) · az Tehran (capital of Iran) · gu તેહરાન (capital of Iran) · ja テヘラン (capital of Iran) · kbd Дыхьэрэн (capital of Iran) · te టెహరాన (capital of Iran) · be Тэгера́н (capital of Iran) · sw Tehran (capital of Iran) · ml ടെഹ്റാൻ (capital of Iran) · tg Теҳрон (capital of Iran) · da Teheran (capital of Iran) · mr तेहरान (capital of Iran) · hy Թեհրան (capital of Iran) · uz Tehron (capital of Iran) · as তেহৰাণ (capital of Iran) · tt Техран (capital of Iran) · fr Téhéran (capital of Iran) · rsk Тегеран (capital of Iran) · nl Teheran (capital of Iran) · os Тӕхран (capital of Iran) · eo Tehrano (capital of Iran) · mt Teħran (capital of Iran) · ky Тегеран (capital of Iran) · ka თეირანი (capital of Iran) · ast Tehrán (capital of Iran) · tl Teherán (capital of Iran) · bo ཏེ་ཧི་རན (capital of Iran) · fi Teheran (capital of Iran) · or ତେହେରାନ (capital of Iran) · vi Têhêran (capital of Iran) · he טֶהֱרָאן (capital of Iran) · lv Teherāna (capital of Iran) · hu Teherán (capital of Iran) · ce Техӏран (capital of Iran) · sh Те̏хера̄н (capital of Iran) · lt Teheranas (capital of Iran) · ady Тегеран (capital of Iran) · mn Тегеран (capital of Iran) · ta தெஹரான் (capital of Iran) · eo Teherano (capital of Iran) · de Teheran (capital of Iran) · pt Teerã (capital of Iran) · et Teheran (capital of Iran) · fa-cls تَهْرَان (capital of Iran) · fa-ira تِهْران (capital of Iran) · hi तेहरान (capital of Iran) · eu Teheran (capital of Iran) · pl Teheran (capital of Iran) · is Teheran (capital of Iran) · sl Teheran (capital of Iran) · fa-ira تِهْرون (capital of Iran) · pt Teerão (capital of Iran) · ro Teheran (capital of Iran) · ne तेहरान (capital of Iran) · sh Tȅherān (capital of Iran) · nn Teheran (capital of Iran) · af Teheran (capital of Iran) · ps تهران (capital of Iran) · my တီဟီရန် (capital of Iran) · am ቴህራን (capital of Iran) · vi Têhêrăng (capital of Iran) · brh Taerán (capital of Iran) · ckb تاران (capital of Iran) · bn তেহরান (capital of Iran) · ast Teḥrán (capital of Iran) · chr ᏖᎳᏂ (capital of Iran) · mi Teherane (capital of Iran) · tk Tähran (capital of Iran) · gl Teherán (capital of Iran) · mk Техеран (capital of Iran) · it Teheran (capital of Iran) · kum Тегьран (capital of Iran) · vi Tề Lan (capital of Iran) · si ටෙහ්රාන් (capital of Iran) · ur تَہْران (capital of Iran) · ru Тегера́н (capital of Iran) · yi טעהראַן (capital of Iran) · th เตหะราน (capital of Iran) · kn ತೆಹ್ರಾನ್ (capital of Iran) · ms Teheran (capital of Iran) · kmr Tehran (capital of Iran) · uk Тегера́н (capital of Iran) · pa ਤਹਿਰਾਨ (capital of Iran) · tr Tahran (capital of Iran) · sk Teherán (capital of Iran) · ko 테헤란 (capital of Iran) · prs تَهْرَان (capital of Iran) · lbe Тегьеран (capital of Iran) · ug تېھران (capital of Iran) · cmn 德黑蘭 /德黑兰 (capital of Iran) · bg Техера́н (capital of Iran) · pa ਤਿਹ੍ਰਾਨ (capital of Iran) · km តេហេរ៉ង់ (capital of Iran) · kk Теһеран (capital of Iran) · cs Teherán (capital of Iran) · ta தெகுரான் (capital of Iran) · ca Teheran (capital of Iran) · bn তেহ্রাণ (capital of Iran) · ast Teherán (capital of Iran) · ar طَهْرَان (capital of Iran) · mzn تهرون (capital of Iran) · yue 德黑蘭 /德黑兰 (capital of Iran)

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