Choara (
Latin
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; from grc, Χόαρα ''Khóara'', from
Old Iranian
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The Iranian languages are grouped ...
''*huṷăra-'' or ''*xṷăra-'') was a town or village recorded by Greek authors, and was probably the center of the district Choarene. The "Choarene" mentioned by
Strabo refers to this town, not the district. It was part of the region
Media
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Communication
* Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data
** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass el ...
, until the rise of the
Arsacids who incorporated it to
Parthia
Parthia ( peo, 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 ''Parθava''; xpr, 𐭐𐭓𐭕𐭅 ''Parθaw''; pal, 𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭥𐭡𐭥 ''Pahlaw'') is a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran. It was conquered and subjugated by the empire of the Mede ...
. The Hellenistic city of
Apameia was also located in the Choarene district.
This place-name is probably related to Khuwār (
Persian
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* 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 ...
: خوار) mentioned by
Muslim geographers, located in the
Qumis region along the
Great Khorasan Road The (Great) Khurasan Road was the great trunk road connecting Mesopotamia to the Iranian Plateau and thence to Central Asia, China, and the Indus Valley.
It is very well-documented in the Abbasid period, when it connected the core of the capital ...
, and the modern district of Khāvar, with its center being
Arādān.
References
External links
Livius.org: Choara
Former populated places in Iran
Qumis (region)
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