Affghanistan

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A form of Afghanistan — A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. archaicArchaic spelling of Afghanistan.

    1840 Narrative of the war in Affghanistan in 1838-39 (volume 1) by Captain Henry Havelock; Henry Colburn, London, (1840)

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    BLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANISTAN

    1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 1, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

    The line of conduct we have pursued for the last forty years in dealing with Affghanistan and Persia has been most injudicious.

    1873 Jun, “Our Coming Guest”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 715
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