Bab-e-Khyber

proper noun

A monument situated at the entrance of the Khyber Pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

OriginUrdu باب خیبر →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A monument situated at the entrance of the Khyber Pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

    Bab-e-Khyber is the name of the fortified arch, inaugurated with great pomp in 1963 by Pakistan's former military ruler Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan, that today bridges the road entrance to the Khyber Pass.

    2006 June 22, Dr Jules Stewart, The Khyber Rifles: From the British Raj to Al Qaeda, The History Press, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Urduباب خیبر
  2. EnglishBab-e-Khyber

From Urdu باب خیبر (literally “Khyber door”).

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Bab-e-Khyber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bab-e-Khyber

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“Bab-e-Khyber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bab-e-Khyber. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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