Kabul

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Kabul

  • /ˈkɑːbəl/
  • /ˈkaːˌbʊl/

Rhymes with -ɑːbəl, -uːl

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَابُل (kābul), of unknown origin. See the Persian entry for more.

proper noun Cabool · Cabul · Caubool · Caubul · Kabol

  1. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Mr. Biden declared that he believed with “all of my heart” that he had made a wise decision. But he appeared defiant as he sought to counter a torrent of criticism from Democrats and Republicans — and from some families of the service members killed in Kabul last week — for his handling of the withd
  2. metonymically The Afghanistan government.
  3. A province of Afghanistan.
  4. A river rising in the Hindu Kush of northeastern Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan and flowing roughly 700 kilometers before merging into the Indus river at Attock, Pakistan.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: afghanistan, baghdad, afghan, abidjan, taliban, city, capital, cable, consent, assent, acknowledgment, agreement, acceptance, approval, recognition, sanction

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name capital and largest city of Afghanistan

EspañolKabul
日本語カブール Kabūru
中文喀布爾 /喀布尔 Kābù'ěr, 哈布爾 /哈布尔 Hābù'ěr
हिन्दीकाबुल kābul, काबूल kābūl
PortuguêsCabul
FrançaisKaboul
DeutschKabul
ItalianoKabul
ΕλληνικάΚαμπούλ Kampoúl
RomânăKabul
РусскийКабу́л Kabúl
Tiếng ViệtKa-bun
العربيةكَابُل kābul
עבריתקאבול \ קָבּוּל kabul

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@misc{kabul_2026,
  title = {Kabul},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kabul},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}