Ahvaz

Ahvaz (Persian: اهواز‎  pronunciation (help·info), also Romanized as Ahvāz is a city in and the capital of Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 969,843, in 212,097 families. Ahvaz is built on the banks of the Karun River and is situated in the middle of Khūzestān Province. The city has an average elevation of 20 meters above sea level. The word Ahvaz is a Persianized form of the local Ahwaz, which in turn itself is derived from a Persian word. The Dehkhoda Dictionary specifically defines the Market of the Khuzis", where "Suq" is Persian word "chahar-suy/sugh" for market, and "Ahvaz" is a plural (اسم جمع) of the form "af'āl" (افعال) of the word "Huz", or more precisely, the root "ha wa za" ( َحَـوَز ), which...