Chaharbagh

Ellipsis of Chaharbagh Avenue; the Chaharbagh, Isfahan, so named because Shah Abbas the Great had bought four vineyards in the city to secure the right-of-way.

Proper noun

  1. Ellipsis of Chaharbagh Avenue; the Chaharbagh, Isfahan, so named because Shah Abbas the Great had bought four vineyards in the city to secure the right-of-way.
  2. A toponym:
    1. A city in Alborz Province, Iran.

    2. A district of Alborz Province, Iran.

Origin

Borrowed from Persian چهارباغ (čahârbâġ), from چهار (čahâr, “four”) + باغ (bâġ, “garden”), literally “four gardens”.