Dhahran

Definitions of Dhahran
  1. noun
    an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people
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    an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
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