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Definition of Nowruz

1. Noun. (Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox.

Definition of Nowruz

1. Proper noun. New Year in the Iranian/Zoroastrian calendar, celebrated on the Spring Equinox. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nowruz

Literary usage of Nowruz

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Central Asia and the World: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan by Michael Mandelbaum (1994)
"... Armenians look to it for a potential balance to the Turcophones; and the whole region celebrates nowruz (the Iranian New Year's festival in March). ..."

2. The Siyar-ul-Mutakherin: A History of the Mahomedan Power in India During by Ghulām Husain Khān (1832)
"... the 21 March, nowruz, or new-year's day occurred, and was cele- ' ' brated at court with the usual ceremonies, on which occasion the emperor assumed the ..."

3. Chronicle of Progress by Ibrahim Abed, Paula Casey-Vine, Abdullah Al Jabali (1996)
"... the protection of the environment regarding the possibility of pollution resulting from the Iranian nowruz oil spill reaching the waters of the Gulf. ..."

4. World Energy Outlook 2005: Middle East and North Africa Insights by International Energy Agency, Publi Oecd Published by Oecd Publishing (2005)
"Heavier oil is found in the offshore field, Soroosh/nowruz (20° API), ... However, Soroosh and nowruz, awarded to Shell, are expected to produce some 190 ..."

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