Afghanistan

See also: Afghánistán

English

Map of Afghanistan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian افغانستان (afğânestân).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æfˈɡæn.ɪˌstæn/, /æfˈɡæn.ɪˌstɑːn/, /æfˈɡɑːn.ɪˌstɑːn/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Afghanistan

  1. A landlocked country between Central and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Synonyms

  • Graveyard of Empires

Translations

See also

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑfˈxaːniˌstɑn/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Af‧gha‧ni‧stan

Proper noun

Afghanistan n

  1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /af.ɡa.nis.tɑ̃/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Afghanistan m

  1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

See also

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afˈɡaːnɪstaːn/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Af‧gha‧ni‧s‧tan

Proper noun

Afghanistan n (proper noun, genitive Afghanistans or (optionally with an article) Afghanistan)

  1. Afghanistan (a country in Central Asia)

Further reading

  • Afghanistan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afˈɡa.ni.stan/, (traditional) /af.ɡa.niˈstan/[1]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -anistan, (traditional) -an
  • Hyphenation: Af‧ghà‧ni‧stan, (traditional) Af‧gha‧ni‧stàn

Proper noun

Afghanistan m

  1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

References

  1. Afghanistan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Luxembourgish

Proper noun

Afghanistan n

  1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Norman

Proper noun

Afghanistan

  1. (Jersey) Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑf.ˈɡɑ.nɪ.stɑn/

Proper noun

Afghanistan

  1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Afghanistan

  1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Swedish

Proper noun

Afghanistan n (genitive Afghanistans)

  1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)
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