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: ↑Afghanistan
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Afghan (for: ↑Afghanistan)
• 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.