Meanings
alternative obsolete Cabool · alternative obsolete Cabul · alternative obsolete Caubool · alternative obsolete Caubul · alternative Kabol
- The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
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Mr. Biden declared that he believed with “all of my heart” that he had made a wise decision. But he appeared defiant as he sought to counter a torrent of criticism from Democrats and Republicans — and from some families of the service members killed in Kabul last week — for his handling of the withdrawal. The president refused to offer any sort of mea culpa on Tuesday, even as the Taliban celebrated their “independence” from America with gunfire in the streets of Kabul.
2021 September 1, Michael D. Shear, Jim Tankersley, “Biden Defends Afghan Pullout and Declares an End to Nation-Building”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2022- metonymicallyThe Afghanistan government.
- A province of Afghanistan.
- A river rising in the Hindu Kush of northeastern Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan and flowing roughly 700 kilometers before merging into the Indus river at Attock, Pakistan.
Origin
- Classical Persianکَابُل
- EnglishKabul
Borrowed from Classical Persian کَابُل (kābul), of unknown origin. See the Persian entry for more.
More words from Classical Persian
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Afrikaans Kaboel
- Kaboelcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Arabic كَابُل
- كَابُل (kābul)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Bengali কাবুল
- কাবুল (kabul)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Bulgarian Кабу́л
- Кабу́л (Kabúl)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Chinese Cantonese 喀布爾 /喀布尔
- 喀布爾 /喀布尔 (haak³ bou³ ji⁵)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Chinese Mandarin 喀布爾 /喀布尔, 哈布爾 /哈布尔
- 喀布爾 /喀布尔 (Kābù'ěr)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
- 哈布爾 /哈布尔 (Hābù'ěr)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Czech Kábul
- Kábulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Danish Kabul
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Dutch Kaboel, Kabul
- Kaboelcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Esperanto Kabulo
- Kabulocapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Estonian Kabul
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Finnish Kabul
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
French Kaboul
- Kaboulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
German Kabul
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Greek Καμπούλ
- Καμπούλ (Kampoúl)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Hebrew קאבול \ קָבּוּל
- קאבול \ קָבּוּל (kabul)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Hindi काबुल, काबूल
- काबुल (kābul)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
- काबूल (kābūl)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Hungarian Kabul
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Icelandic Kabúl
- Kabúlcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Indonesian Kabul
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Irish Cabúl
- Cabúlcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Italian Kabul
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Japanese カブール
- カブール (Kabūru)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Korean 카불
- 카불capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Latin Cabura, Cabulum
- Caburacapital and largest city of Afghanistan
- Cabulumcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Latvian Kabula
- Kabulacapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Lithuanian Kabulas
- Kabulascapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Malay Kabul
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Norwegian Bokmål Kabul
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Polish Kabul
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Portuguese Cabul
- Cabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Punjabi ਕਾਬੁਲ
- ਕਾਬੁਲ (kābul)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Romanian Kabul
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Russian Кабу́л
- Кабу́л (Kabúl)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Slovak Kábul
- Kábulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Spanish Kabul
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Swedish Kabul
- Kabulcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Tamil காபூல், காபுல்
- காபூல் (kāpūl)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
- காபுல் (kāpul)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Thai คาบูล
- คาบูล (kaa-buul)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Turkish Kâbil
- Kâbilcapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Ukrainian Кабу́л
- Кабу́л (Kabúl)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Urdu کابُل
- کابُل (kābul)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Vietnamese Ka-bun
- Ka-buncapital and largest city of Afghanistan
Yiddish קאַבול
- קאַבול (kabul)capital and largest city of Afghanistan
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Kabul
Anagrams
Cite this entry
Kabul. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kabul
“Kabul.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kabul. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kabul,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kabul.
Source: Kabul on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.