Afghanistan

Af-ghan-i-stan · proper_noun

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Definitions

proper_noun

  1. 1.

    A landlocked country in South-Central Asia, bordered by Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China.

Related words

See also: Kabul, Pashto, afghan

Etymology

From Persian Afghānistān, meaning "land of the Afghans," from afghān (referring to the Pashtun people) + -stān ("land, place of").