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What does Khorasan mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Khorasan? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. (historical) The Sassanian and post-Islamic Persian name for the region of Parthia located in north east of Persia (Iran), sometimes covering also parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan; the Greater Khorasan.
  2. A pre-2004 province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces.
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In 1987, he trademarked the name Kamut in order to market khorasan wheat, a high-protein, high-selenium, hypoallergenic grain purported to have its origins in ancient Egypt.
And where was this magical land of Khorasan, whence the conquerors would come?
In 1729, Nader Shah, a chieftain and military genius from Khorasan, successfully drove out and conquered the Pashtun invaders.
For example Khorasan in the following verse and Bokhara means this one.
The rival exilarch Hassan was banished to Khorasan, where he died.
Khorasan in jihadist literature refers to the region that includes Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran.

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