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Date "KHORASSAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Khorassan [Region of the Sun ]. A province of Persia, anciently called Ariana. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan. Mokanna, a prophet chief, who, being terribly deformed, wore a veil under pretence of shading the dazzling light of his countenance. "Terror seized her lest the love-light which encircled him should fade away, and leave him like the veiled prophet of Khorassan, a sinstained thing of clay"- Lady Hardy: A Casual Acquaintance. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: KHORASSAN |
| Specialty definitions using "KHORASSAN": Azim ♦ King of Khorassan ♦ Mokanna ♦ Nishapoor ♦ Veiled Prophet of Khorassan. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dramatic khorassan knight order | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "KHORASSAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | horasan. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-k-n-o-r-s-s" | |
-2 letters: anoraks, shorans. | |
-3 letters: anorak, arsons, hansas, harass, kaross, kashas, sansar, sarans, shakos, shanks, sharks, sharns, shoran, shrank, snarks, sonars. | |
-4 letters: ankhs, anoas, araks, arson, askos, haars, hanks, hansa, harks, hoars, honks, horas, horns, kanas, kaons, karns, kasha, khans, knars, koans, krona, narks, okras, ranks, roans, saran, sarks, saros, shako, shank, shark, sharn, shorn. | |
-5 letters: aahs. | |
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