English Explanatory Dictionary

Gandhara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  2. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in northwestern Pakistan.
  3. North-West Frontier Province, proposed as a rename before Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was chosen in 2010. Was favoured by some due to its lack of ethnic connotations.

Word forms

Gandhara

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गन्धार (gandhāra).

Synonyms

Paropamisadae

Derived words

Gandharan
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