Isfahan

== English == === Alternative forms === Esfahan, Ispahan === Etymology === Ultimately derived from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān), from Old Persian *spādānah (“army, adj.”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (spādaʰ, “army”), from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah (“army”), q.v. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Isfahan A city in Iran, the seat of Isfahan County's Central District and the capital of Isfahan Province, the third largest city of Iran; the former capital of Iran, from 1598–1736. A county of Iran, around the city. A province of Iran. ==== Derived terms ==== Isfahani ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === === Anagrams === Hanafis, faanish == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Ispahan, Esfahan, Ispaã, Ispaão Ispahã, Ispahão, Ispaan, Isfahã, Isfaã, Isfaão (rare) === Proper noun === Isfahan f Isfahan (a city in Iran, the seat of Isfahan County's Central District and the capital of Isfahan Province, the third largest city of Iran; the former capital of Iran, from 1598–1736) Isfahan (a province of Iran)