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World’s largest “abad” suffix cities

Posted on December 2, 2019 by problogic

-abad is a suffix that forms part of many west, central and south Asian city names originally derived from the Persian language term ābād (آباد), meaning “cultivated place” (village, city, region), and commonly attached to the name of the city’s … Continue reading →

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