afghanistan
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1. 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 (noun.location)
instance hypernym | : | asian country, asian nation, |
definition | : | any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | herat, |
definition | : | a city in northwestern Afghanistan on the site of several ancient cities (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | jalalabad, |
definition | : | a town in eastern Afghanistan (east of Kabul) (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | capital of afghanistan, kabul, |
definition | : | the capital and largest city of Afghanistan; located in eastern Afghanistan (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | kandahar, qandahar, |
definition | : | a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | mazar-i-sharif, |
definition | : | a city in northern Afghanistan (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | khyber pass, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | pamir mountains, the pamirs, |
definition | : | a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China (noun.object) |
part meronym | : | asia, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.object) |
member holonym | : | afghan, afghanistani, |
definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | al-qa'ida, al-qaeda, al-qaida, base, qaeda, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | loya jirga, |
definition | : | a grand council or grand assembly used to resolve political conflicts or other national problems (noun.group) |
derivation | : | afghan, afghani, afghanistani, |
definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | afghan, afghani, afghanistani, |
definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people (adj.pert) |
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