Tehrangeles
English
Etymology
Blend of Tehran + Los Angeles.
Proper noun
Tehrangeles
- 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):
- Westwood, Westside, Los Angeles (City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County), California, USA
(a neighborhood dominated by Iranians/Persians):
- Little Persia
- Little Iran
- Little Tehran