An abadi () is a

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

term used to describe a rural location, typically a

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in a rural environment, and informally a larger settlement. The word Abadi derives from "", which translates to "populous, thriving, prosperous". Being a generic and ambiguous term referring to small settlements, the

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uses the term in a broader sense, either a village, farm and "site" – such as gas stations, restaurants, mines and railway stations. As of the 1973 census 23 per cent of abadis were non-residential.

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