Definition of Mashhad in English:
Mashhad
(also Meshed)
proper nounmaʃˈhadməˈSHäd
A city in north-eastern Iran, close to the border with Turkmenistan; population 2,427,316 (2006). The burial place in AD 809 of the Abbasid caliph Harun ar-Rashid and in 818 of the Shiite leader Ali ar-Rida, it is a holy city of the Shiite Muslims. It is the second largest city in Iran.
马什哈德（伊朗东北部城市，近土库曼斯坦边界；2006年人口2, 427, 316；公元809年，阿巴斯王朝的哈里发·哈伦·阿拉什德葬于此地；公元818年，什叶派领袖阿里·阿里达也被安葬在此，是什叶派穆斯林的圣城；伊朗第二大城市）