Afghanistan

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Afghanistan

/æfˈɡænɪstæn/ British, UK, Southern
/æfˈɡænɪstɑːn/ British, UK, Southern
/æfˈɡænɪstæn/ Canada, US
[æfˈɡɛənɪstɛən] Canada, US
/æfˈɡænɪstɑn/ Canada, US
[æfˈɡɛənɪstɑn] Canada, US
/æfˈɡænəstæn/
/æfˈɡænəstɑːn/
[æfˈɡænɪˌstɑːn] UK
[æfˈɡænɪˌstæn] UK
[afˈɡanɪˌstɑːn] British, Southern, Standard
[afˈɡanɪˌstan] British, Southern, Standard
[æfˈɡænəˌstæn] Australia
[æfˈɡænəˌstɐːn] Australia
[ɛfˈɡɛnəˌstɛn] New Zealand
[ɛfˈɡɛnəˌstɐːn] New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Classical Persian اَفْغَانِسْتَان (afġānistān), from اَفْغَان (afġān, “Afghan”) + ـِسْتَان (-istān, “-istan: land of”), equivalent to Afghan + -istan.

proper noun Affghanistan · Affghanisthan · Affghaunistan · Afghanisthan · Afghaunistan · Afganistan

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. But Shahab ul dien Mahummud, brother to the Prince of Ghor, invaded the kingdom of Ghizni, which he conquered, and not ſatisfied with that, marched an army into Hindoſtan, overrunning Piſhawir, Afghaniſtan, Moultan and Sind.
Similar: Graveyard of Empires

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pakistan, kabul, kandahar, afghan, taliban, afghani, country, isaf, afganistan, afghans, countries, karzai, khorasan, ariana, bactria, gandhara

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name country

Español	Afganistán
한국어	아프가니스탄 Apeuganiseutan
日本語	アフガニスタン Afuganisutan, アフガン Afugan
中文	阿富汗 Āfùhàn, 愛烏罕 /爱乌罕 Àiwūhǎn
हिन्दी	अफ़्ग़ानिस्तान afġānistān, अफगानिस्तान aphgānistān
Kiswahili	Afghanistan, Afuganistani
Português	Afeganistão
Français	Afghanistan
Deutsch	Afghanistan
Italiano	Afghanistan, Afganistan, Afgania
Ελληνικά	Αφγανιστάν Afganistán
Română	Afganistan
Русский	Афганиста́н Afganistán, Афга́н Afgán
Tiếng Việt	Áp-ga-ni-xtan, A Phú Hãn
العربية	أَفْغَانِسْتَان ʔafḡānistān
עברית	אַפְגָּנִיסְטָן afganistan

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@misc{afghanistan_2026,
  title = {Afghanistan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/afghanistan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}