Hormuz is derived from the Persian ''Ohrmuzd'', meaning '' Ahura Mazda''. It may refer to: * The Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf * Hormuz District, an administrative subdivision of Iran *

Hormuz Island Hormuz Island (; fa, جزیره هرمز ''Jazireh-ye Hormoz''), also spelled Hormoz, is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf. Located in the Strait of Hormuz, off the Iranian coast, the island is part of Hormozgan Province. It is sparsely ...

, an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf *

Hormuz, Iran Hormuz ( fa, هرمز, also Romanized as Hormoz; also known as Qal‘eh-ye Hormoz, ) is a city and capital of Hormuz District, in Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ...

, a city on the island and in the district *

Hormuz, Fars Hormud ( fa, هرمود, also Romanized as Hormūd, Harmood, and Harmud; also known as Hormoz, Hormūd-e Bāgh, and Hormuz) is a village in Sahray-ye Bagh Rural District, Sahray-ye Bagh District, Larestan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 ...

, a village in Fars Province, Iran * Hormuz, Kerman, a village in Kerman Province, Iran * Hormuz, alternate name of the village Hormud-e Mehr Khui, Fars Province, Iran * The Kingdom of

Ormus The Kingdom of Ormus (also known as Hormoz; fa, هرمز; pt, Ormuz) was located in the eastern side of the Persian Gulf and extended as far as Bahrain in the west at its zenith. The Kingdom was established in 11th century initially as a dep ...

(11th Century–1622) *

Hormuz Formation The Hormuz Formation, Hormuz Series, Hormuz Evaporites or Hormuz Group is a sequence of evaporites that were deposited during the Ediacaran (Late Neoproterozoic) to Early Cambrian, a period previously referred to as the Infra-Cambrian. Most expos ...

, a geologic salt feature in Iran

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