How to Spell Urmia?

Orūmīyeh, also spelled Urmia or Urūmiyeh, formerly Reẕāʾīyeh or Riẕāiyeh, city, capital of West Āz̄arbāyjān province, northwestern Iran. It lies just west of Lake Urmia on a large fertile plain that yields grains, fruits, tobacco, and other crops.

What is the meaning of Urmia?

Noun. 1. Urmia - a shallow saline lake in northwestern Iran between Tabriz and the western border of Turkey.

Is Urmia a Kurdish?

The majority of villages in West Azarbaijan are indeed Kurdish, but the town Urmia historically was more Azeri. Also The Kurdish birth-rate is much higher and this has also lead the city/province to seem perhaps majority Kurdish.