LAKE URMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lake Urmia mean? 

• LAKE URMIA (noun)
  The noun LAKE URMIA has 1 sense:

1. a shallow saline lake in northwestern Iran between Tabriz and the western border of Turkey

  Familiarity information: LAKE URMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAKE URMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shallow saline lake in northwestern Iran between Tabriz and the western border of Turkey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Daryacheh-ye Orumiyeh; Lake Urmia; Urmia

Instance hypernyms:

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Holonyms ("Lake Urmia" is a part of...):

Iran; Islamic Republic of Iran; Persia (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)