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bactrianounThe ancient name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya in West Asia, encompassing parts of northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and northern Pakistan.
bokharanounAlternative form of Bukhara. [The regional capital of the Bukhara region, Uzbekistan, founded in the 6th century BCE.]
kabulistannounA region of Afghanistan; based around the Kabul bowl of the province of Kabul, and extending westward along the southern edge of the Hindu-Kush uplands.
badakhshannounA province of Afghanistan, named after the historical region.
bukhoronounAlternative form of Bukhara. [The regional capital of the Bukhara region, Uzbekistan, founded in the 6th century BCE.]
kapisanounA province of Afghanistan.
ecbatananoun(historical) The ancient capital of Media, in modern-day Iran, and subsequently a royal residence of Persian and Parthian kings.
pasargadaenounAn ancient city of Persia, a capital of the Achaemenid Empire.
bakhtarannounFormer name of Kermanshah (“Iranian province”).
gabaenoun(historical) An ancient Zoroastrian city in Persia, in modern Iran; modern Isfahan.
balsoranounObsolete form of Basra. [A port city in southeastern Iraq.]
cabulnounObsolete form of Kabul. [The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.]
gandharanoun(historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
zahidannounAlternative form of Zahedan, Iran. [A city in Iran, the seat of Zahedan County's Central District and the capital of Sistan and Baluchestan Province.]
balsaranounObsolete form of Basra. [A port city in southeastern Iraq.]
khalifatabadnounThe former name of Bagerhat, a city in Bangladesh.
beloochistannounArchaic form of Balochistan. [A region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea, dominated by desert and mountains, composed of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a strip of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people.]
caubulnounObsolete spelling of Kabul. [The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.]
biluchistannounObsolete form of Balochistan. [A region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea, dominated by desert and mountains, composed of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a strip of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people.]
bagdatnounObsolete form of Baghdad. [The capital city of Iraq.]

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