Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

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Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

proper noun the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

  1. historical Former official name of Afghanistan: a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; used from 1978 to 1987 when it was a one party Marxist-Leninist state; officially known as the Republic of Afghanistan from 1987 to 1992, but under the same government.

    Similar: Afghan Democratic Republic, DRA, Republic of Afghanistan, Soviet Afghanistan

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name Former official name of Afghanistan as a Marxist-Leninist state

EspañolRepública Democrática de Afganistán
中文阿富汗民主共和國 /阿富汗民主共和国 Āfùhàn mínzhǔ gònghéguó
RomânăRepublica Democratică Afganistan
РусскийДемократи́ческая Респу́блика Афганиста́н Demokratíčeskaja Respúblika Afganistán

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@misc{democratic_republic_of_afghanistan_2026,
  title = {Democratic Republic of Afghanistan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/democratic%20republic%20of%20afghanistan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}