Tehrangeles

English

Etymology

Blend of Tehran +‎ Los Angeles.

Proper noun

Tehrangeles

  1. A Persian/Iranian-dominated neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
    • 2013 June 13, Sune Engel Rasmussen, “After Torture and Persecution, Iranian Activists Work From Inside the U.S.”, in The Atlantic[1], archived from the original on 1 October 2014:
      Some of those immigrants and their descendants became a visible part of the cultural scene in California, in Tehrangeles, the worst of which were depicted in the unflattering reality show Shahs of Sunset.

Synonyms

  • Little Persia, Los Angeles, California, USA

Hypernyms

(Los Angeles neighborhood):

(a neighborhood dominated by Iranians/Persians):

  • Little Persia
  • Little Iran
  • Little Tehran