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Lankaran

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Etymology

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From Persian لنکران (lankarân), from Old Median *Lan(a)karan- (“the land of the Lan”). The Lan is probably a name of a Caspian tribe. See also Old Armenian Փայտակարան (Pʻaytakaran).[1]

Proper noun

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Lankaran

  1. A city (and district) in Azerbaijan.
    • 1863, Edward Cust, Annals of the Wars of the Nineteenth Century, volume III:
      In Persia, the Russians continued their operations with so much success that they gained a large portion of the shores of the Caspian Sea, and united them to the Czar's dominion, as far as Lankaran.
    • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 99:
      The triumphant Persians also managed to recover the great fortress of Lenkoran, on the Caspian shore.

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References

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  1. ^ Perixanjan, A. G. (1982) “Etimologičeskije zametki. I [Etymological Notes. I]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Russian), number I, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISSN, pages 55–56
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