Kandahar

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Pashto کندهار‎ (Kandahār), a form of Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), for Alexander the Great. Doublet of Alexander.

Proper noun

Kandahar

  1. A city in Kandahar, Afghanistan
  2. A province in southern Afghanistan
    • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 309:
      “I’m from Kandahar myself. Have you ever been to Kandahar, hamshira? No? It’s lovely. What gardens! And the grapes! Oh, the grapes. They bewitch the palate.”
    Synonym: Kandahar Province

Derived terms
  • Kandahar Province

Translations

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Pashto کندهار‎.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌkɑn.daːˈɦɑr/
  • Hyphenation: Kan‧da‧har
  • Rhymes: -ɑr

Proper noun

Kandahar n

  1. Kandahar (a city and province in southern Afghanistan)
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