Afghanistan
[æf'gænə,stæn]
Definition
(noun.) 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; 'Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979'.
Checker: Rene--From WordNet
Examples
- In vain I endeavored to interest him in Afghanistan, in India, in social questions, in anything which might take his mind out of the groove. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It made its way into Central Asia through Afghanistan and Turkestan, and so reached China. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a nomadic drift to the east of Persia and southward through Afghanistan towards India, as well as this drift to the north-west. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- South of this sea stretched a continuous shore from the Balkans to Afghanistan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My experience of camp life in Afghanistan had at least had the effect of making me a prompt and ready traveller. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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