Definitions
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- noun city in northwestern Iran near the Caspian Sea
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Examples
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The city of Resht is some miles from the sea, and is well protected by jungles and by the most abominable roads conceivable.
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Only later, in the safe and familiar surroundings of Resht on Earth, had Louis Wu's conscience become active.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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Only later, in the safe and familiar surroundings of Resht on Earth, had Louis Wu's conscience become active.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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In Resht, where his party was still going full blast, it was already the morning after his birthday.
Ringworld Niven, Larry, 1938- 1970
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In Resht, where his party was still going full blast, it was already the morning after his birthday.
Ringworld Niven, Larry, 1938- 1970
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And when this god had passed over to the place where Bent-Resht was, he worked upon the daughter of the Prince of Bekhten with his magical power, and she became better (i.e., was healed) straightway.
Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations 1895
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Resht in the condition of a woman who is possessed by a spirit, and he found 12 this spirit to be an evil one, and to be hostile in his disposition towards him.
Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations 1895
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Here, as at Resht, the moisture from the Caspian Sea does for the province of Mazanderan what similar influences from the Pacific do for California.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894
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The luggage is weighed with great accuracy before starting from Resht, and on arrival in Teheran.
Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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As every one knows, in 1893 the Russians obtained a concession to construct a carriage-road from Piri-Bazaar _via_ Resht to Kasvin, an extension to Hamadan, and the purchase of the road from Kasvin to
Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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