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AFGHANISTAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Example:
Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979
Synonyms:
Afghanistan; Islamic State of Afghanistan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Afghanistan"):
Herat (a city in northwestern Afghanistan on the site of several ancient cities)
Jalalabad (a town in eastern Afghanistan (east of Kabul))
capital of Afghanistan; Kabul (the capital and largest city of Afghanistan; located in eastern Afghanistan)
Kandahar; Qandahar (a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center)
Mazar-i-Sharif (a city in northern Afghanistan)
Hindu Kush; Hindu Kush Mountains (a mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas)
Khyber Pass (a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India)
Pamir Mountains; the Pamirs (a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China)
Meronyms (members of "Afghanistan"):
Afghan; Afghanistani (a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan)
Domain member region:
al-Qa'ida; al-Qaeda; al-Qaida; al Qaeda; al Qaida; Base; Qaeda (a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries)
Loya Jirga (a grand council or grand assembly used to resolve political conflicts or other national problems)
Holonyms ("Afghanistan" is a part of...):
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
Derivation:
Afghan (of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people)
