Meanings
- An autonomous region of Tajikistan, home to the Pamir mountains and peoples. Capital: Khorugh.
1 more example
Tajikistan has launched an "anti-terror operation" in its restive Gorno-Badakhshan province, which borders Afghanistan and China, Russia's RIA news agency cited the Tajik interior ministry as saying on Wednesday.[…] Dozens of people were killed in clashes between a domestic armed group and government forces in Gorno-Badakhshan in 2012.
2022 May 18, Olzhas Auyezov, “Tajikistan starts 'anti-terror operation' near China, Afghan borders - RIA”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 18 May 2022, Asia PacificSynonyms: Kuhistani Badakhshan, Kuhistan, Pamir, Pamiristan, Hindukush-Tajik
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn autonomous region of Tajikistan, home to the Pamir mountains and peoples. Capital: Khorugh.
Origin
- RussianГорно-Бадахша́н
- EnglishGorno-Badakhshan
From Russian Горно-Бадахша́н (Gorno-Badaxšán, literally “Mountainous Badakhshan”).https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/gbao.htm
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Chinese Mandarin 戈爾諾-巴達赫尚自治州 /戈尔诺-巴达赫尚自治州
- 戈爾諾-巴達赫尚自治州 /戈尔诺-巴达赫尚自治州 (Gē'ěrnuò-Bādáhèshàng Zìzhìzhōu)autonomous region
Korean 고르노바다흐샨 자치주
- 고르노바다흐샨 자치주 (goreunobadaheusyan jachiju)autonomous region
Persian ولایت مختار کوهستان بدخشان
- ولایت مختار کوهستان بدخشانautonomous region
Cite this entry
Gorno-Badakhshan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gorno-Badakhshan
“Gorno-Badakhshan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gorno-Badakhshan. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gorno-Badakhshan,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gorno-Badakhshan.
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