Gorgan

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • Hyrcania.
  • An old city in the region of Hyrcania destroyed in the Mongol invasion; Jurjan.
  • Capital of the modern-day Golestan province of Iran; formerly called Astrabad.

Related

Similar words

  • Astrabad, Astarabad, Asterabad

Origin

  • From Persian گرگان; see it for more. Related to Hyrcania.

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