Ab·a·dan (ä b -dän ,  b-dn) A city of southwest Iran on Abadan Island in the delta of the Shatt al Arab at the head of the Persian Gulf. The city's oil installations were heavily damaged in 1980 during the war with Iraq. Population: 220,000. |
Abadan [ˌæbəˈdɑːn]
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(Placename) a port in SW Iran, on an island in the Shatt-al-Arab delta. Pop.: 206 073 (1996)
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| Noun | 1. |  Abadan - a port city in southwestern Iran Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia - a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil |
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