NURISTAN

Meaning of NURISTAN in English

/noor'euh stan", -stahn"/ , n.

a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km). Formerly, Kafiristan .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

NURISTAN — or formerly Kafiristan geographical name mountainous area E Afghanistan S of the Hindu Kush
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NURISTAN — geographical name or formerly Kaf·iri·stan ˌka-fə-ri-ˈstan, -ˈstän mountainous area E Afghanistan S of the Hindu Kush
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NURISTAN — Nuristan BrE AmE ˌnʊər ɪ ˈstɑːn -ˈstæn AmE \ ˌnʊr ɪ ˈstæn -ˈstɑːn
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NURISTAN — Pronunciation: ˌ nu ̇ r-i- ' stan, - ' stän Variant: or formerly Kaf · iri · stan \ ˌ …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NURISTANI — noun Etymology: Nuristan, Afghanistan Date: 1951 a member of a group of peoples of the Hindu Kush in northeastern Afghanistan, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KAFIRISTAN — geographical name see: Nuristan
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NURISTANI — ˌn(y)u̇rə̇ˈstänē noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Persian nūristānī , from Nūristān , region of northeastern Afghanistan 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KAFIRISTAN — /kah'fi ri stahn", kaf'euhr euh stan"/ , n. former name of Nuristan .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KAFIRI — /kaf"euh ree, keuh fear"ee/ , n. an Indo-Iranian language, or small group of languages, of Nuristan, closely related to but …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KAFIR — /kaf"euhr, kay"feuhr, kah"-/ , n. , pl. Kafirs , ( esp. collectively ) Kafir . 1. Also called Nuristani . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KAFIRISTAN — — see Nuristan
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NURISTANI — noun Etymology: Nuristan, Afghanistan Date: 1951 1. : a member of a group of peoples of the Hindu Kush in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NURISTANI — [Nur.i.stani] n [Nuristan, Afghanistan] (1957): kafiri
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NURISTANI — also called Nuri, Kaffir, or Kafir (Arabic: Infidel), people of the Hindu Kush mountain area of Afghanistan and the Chitral …
Britannica English vocabulary
NURESTAN — also spelled Nuristan, formerly (until 1895) Kafiristan historic region in eastern Afghanistan, about 5,000 square miles (13,000 square km) in …
Britannica English vocabulary
HINDU KUSH — Wildflowers blooming (foreground) in the Hindu Kush in the Chitral district, northern Pakistan. great mountain system of Central Asia that …
Britannica English vocabulary
AFGHANISTAN, FLAG OF — horizontally striped green-white-black national flag with a central gold coat of arms. Its width-to-length ratio is 1 to 2. During …
Britannica English vocabulary
PARUN — a mythical village, said to have existed in what is now Nuristan
Khowar English Dictionary

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