Afghanistan

n. Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, country in southwestern Asia

Afġānistān, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Persian: جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان), is a landlocked country that is located in the heart of Asia. It is variously designated within Central Asia or the Middle East. It has religious, ethno-linguistic, and geographic links with most of its neighbors. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast. The name Afghanistan means the "Land of Afghans."
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Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) Islamic State of Afghanistan
(hypernym) Asian country, Asian nation
(part-holonym) Asia
(member-meronym) Afghan, Afghanistani
(part-meronym) Herat
(class) al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base

n. Afghanistan, country in southeast Asia

n. Afghanistan, country in southwestern Asia