Solo vocal piece from an opera

noun

1. Air, melody, tune
2. A striking solo performance (as in a movie)

   "… Russell Crowe's performance in Gladiator was all about the physical stuff—it was a brute-force aria of fighting and flexing and unleashing hell …"

3. A written or spoken passage or text likened to a dramatic or emotional operatic solo

   "… a plainspoken but moving aria on the joys of rural living …"

geographical name

1. An eastern province of the ancient Persian Empire; district now in northwestern Afghanistan and eastern Iran
2. See herat

noun suffix

1. Thing or place relating to or connected with

   "planetarium"

geographical name

1. City in northwestern Afghanistan on the Harīrūd River population 396,000