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Afghanistan

noun

a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south

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Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979

• Syn: ↑Islamic State of Afghanistan

• Derivationally related forms: ↑Afghan

• Members of this Region: ↑al-Qaeda, ↑Qaeda, ↑al-Qa'ida, ↑al-Qaida, ↑Base, ↑Loya Jirga

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Asian country, ↑Asian nation

• Part Holonyms: ↑Asia

• Member Meronyms: ↑Afghan, ↑Afghanistani

• Part Meronyms:

↑Herat, ↑Jalalabad, ↑Kabul, ↑capital of Afghanistan, ↑Kandahar, ↑Qandahar, ↑Mazar-i-Sharif, ↑Hindu Kush, ↑Hindu Kush Mountains, ↑Khyber Pass, ↑Pamir Mountains, ↑the Pamirs

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Afghanistan [Afghanistan] [æfˈɡænɪstæn] [æfˈɡænɪstæn] [æfˈɡænɪstɑːn] [æfˈɡænɪstɑːn] noun singular

a country in central Asia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.