- Look up
Hormuz in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Hormuz /
hɔːrˈmuːz/ is
derived from the
Persian Ohrmuzd,
meaning Ahura Mazda. It may
refer to: The Strait...
- The
Strait of
Hormuz (/
hɔːrˈmuːz/ Persian: تنگهٔ هُرمُز Tangeh-ye
Hormoz listen, Arabic: مَضيق هُرمُز Maḍīq Hurmuz) is a
strait between the
Persian Gulf...
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Hormuz Island (/
hɔːrˈmuːz/; Persian: جزیره هرمز, romanized: Jazireh-ye Hormoz), also
spelled Hormoz, Ormoz,
Ormuz or Ormus, is an
Iranian island in the...
- The
Kingdom of
Ormus (also
known as
Hormoz or
Hormuz; Persian: هرمز; Portuguese: Ormuz) was
located in the
eastern side of the
Persian Gulf and extended...
- Some
choke points, with
important locations in parentheses:
Strait of
Hormuz p****age from the
Persian Gulf to the
Indian Ocean (Oman and Iran) Bab-el-Mandeb...
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conquest of
Hormuz in 1507
occurred when the
Portuguese Afonso de
Albuquerque attacked Hormuz Island to
establish the
Fortress of
Hormuz. This conquest...
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Capture of
Hormuz (Persian: بازپس گیری هرمز) was a
combined Anglo-Persian
expedition that
successfully captured the
Portuguese garrison at
Hormuz Island after...
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Albuquerque landed on the
Hormuz.
Portugal occupied Hormuz from 1515 to 1622. As a v****al of the
Portuguese state, the
Kingdom of
Hormuz jointly parti****ted...
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Hormuz-1 (Persian: موشک هرمز-۱) is an
Iranian anti-radar
ballistic missile which has the
capability of
destroying radars on
aircraft carriers, Patriot...
- The City of Hormizd-Ardashir,
known as
Hormuz-Ardeshir (Persian: شهرستان هرمزد اردشیر), is an
archaeological area from the
Persian S****anid time. It's...
