A city in north-western Iran, near the Iraqi border, with a chiefly Kurdish population; population 135,780 (2006). Between 1941 and 1946 it was the centre of a Soviet-supported Kurdish republic.
Definition of Mahabad in US English:
Mahabad
proper nounˌmähəˈbäd
A city in northwestern Iran, near the Iraqi border, with a chiefly Kurdish population; population 135,780 (2006). Between 1941 and 1946 it was the center of a Soviet-supported Kurdish republic.