# Khorasan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,931

## Definitions
1. 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 former province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces.
3. Ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Iranian Persian خراسان (xorâsân), from Classical Persian خوراسان (xwarāsān), from Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān, literally “sunrise; east”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`hkorasan`, `khhorasan`, `khoarsan`, `khoraasn`, `khorasann`, `khorasna`, `khorassan`, `khorrasan`, `khorsaan`, `khroasan`, `kkhorasan`, `kohrasan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/khorasan