Kabul

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
  2. A province of Afghanistan.
  3. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑːbəl/ käʹbəl LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kabul.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Zazollo-Kabul.wav /ˈkaːˌbʊl/ käʹbo͝ol /kəˈbuːl/ kə-bo͞olʹ

Word forms

Kabul Cabool Cabul Caubool Caubul Kabol

Etymology

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

Derived words

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