Place:Iranshahr, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran

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NameIranshahr
Alt namesIrānshahrsource: Times Atlas of the World (1994) p 88
TypeCity
Coordinates27.2°N 60.683°E
Located inSistan and Baluchistan, Iran
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The modern Persian name of Iran means "the land of Aryans". It derives immediately from the 3rd-century Sasanian Middle Persian (Pahlavi spelling: 𐭠𐭩𐭫𐭠𐭭, ʼyrʼn), where it initially meant "of the Iranians",[1] but soon also acquired a geographical connotation in the sense of "(lands inhabited by) Iranians".[1] In both geographic and demonymic senses, ērān is distinguished from its antonymic anērān, meaning "non-Iran(ian)".

In the geographic sense, ērān was also distinguished from ērānšahr, the Sasanians' own name for their empire, and which also included territories that were not primarily inhabited by ethnic Iranians.[1]

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