Kabul

proper nounattested in dialogue

//ˈkɑːbəl//
//ˈkaːˌbʊl//
//kəˈbuːl//

The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.

proper noun

1
The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
2
The capital and largest city of Afghanistan. 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.

Etymology

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

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