Azadi
Azadi (Persian: آزادی - Āzādī), from Persian, meaning freedom or liberty. The word is used in other Iranian Languages, including as Luri, Pashto, Kurdish, Hindko and Baluchi, but is also used in languages such as Armenian (Azad), Azerbaijani, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Kashmiri.
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The term has also entered into the lexicon of activists involved with refugee rights, and the rights of the mid-eastern diaspora in the western world, for instance in the Australian film Azadi.
Events
- Youm-e-Azadi, Pakistan's Independence Day
- Jashn-e-Azadi, Independence Day (India)
Places
- Azadi Sport Complex, a sports complex in Tehran, Iran built for the 1974 Asian Games
Azadi sport complex facilities
- Azadi Stadium, Iran's national and largest stadium with a capacity of 100,000
- Azadi Bicycling Stadium
- Azadi Indoor Stadium
- Azadi Swimming Pool Hall
- Azadi Five Halls Complex
- Azadi Basketball Hall
- Azadi Weightlifting Hall
- Azadi Volleyball Hall
- Azadi Wrestling Hall
- Azadi Women's Hall
- Azadi Shooting Gallery
- Azadi Artificial Lake
- Azadi Driving Court
- Azadi Tennis Courts
- Azadi Olympic Hotel, Tehran
- Azadi Equestrian Court
- Azadi Karting Court
- Azadi Baseball Court
- Azadi Football Training Pitches
Other locations
- Azadi Square, the largest square in Tehran
- Azadi Tower, one of the two symbols of Tehran, Iran
- Azadi Museum, a museum inside the Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran
- Azadi Street, a street in Tehran, Iran
- Azadi Cinema, the largest movie theater (cinema) in the middle east, Iran and Tehran
- Azadi Station, a metro station in Tehran, Iran
- Azadi Hospital, a specialized clinic of psychiatry and psychology in Tehran, Iran
- Parsian Azadi Hotel, 4 star hotel and one of the largest hotels in Iran located in Tehran
- Azadi Square (Isfahan), one of the main squares of Isfahan, Iran
- Azadi, Khuzestan
- Azadi, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
- Azadi, Lorestan
Miscellaneous
- Simaye Azadi, a satellite television channel covering issues relating to Iran
- Bahare Azadi, a national gold coin issued in Iran
- Kashmir Jashn-e-Azadi, a film by Sanjay Kak covering issues related to Indian Administrated Kashmir.
- Azadi (film), a 2005 Australian short film by Anthony Maras
- Ryder Azadi, the former governor of the fictional planet Lothal in the animated TV series Star Wars Rebels
- Azadî, Kurdish organization
- Azadi Empire, a fictional state in the 2006 video game Dreamfall
- Azadistan, a fictional state in the 2007 anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- Azadistan was a short-lived state in the Iranian province of Azarbaijan under Mohammad Khiabani
- Azadi (album), fourth studio album by the Pakistani band Junoon
- Azadi (song), from the album Andaz by Junoon
- The Azadi, a newspaper published in Chittagong, Bangladesh
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