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Kandahar
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English
Alexandria Arachosia
Alternative forms
en Qandahar Candahar dated
Etymology
From en ps کندهار Alexander, Alexandria Kandahār, ultimately from en grc Ἀλεξάνδρεια Alexandria Arachosia, the city's ancient name. en Alexander Alexandria Alexandretta Iskenderun Scandaroon.
Proper noun
en Q45604en city/capital p:pref/Kandahar in southern c/Afghanistan.
en Q173808en province in southern c/Afghanistan.
en 2007 w:Khaled Hosseini w:A Thousand Splendid Suns BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018) 309 “I’m from Kandahar myself. Have you ever been to Kandahar, hamshira? No? It’s lovely. What gardens! And the grapes! Oh, the grapes. They bewitch the palate.”
Synonyms
en Alexandria, en Alexandria Arachosia, en Alexandropolis, en Alexandria in Arachosia historical
Translations
city and province in southern Afghanistan
Arabic: ar قَنْدَهَار f
Armenian: hy Ղանդահար
Azerbaijani: az Qəndəhar
Bengali: bn কন্দহার kôndôhar
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 坎大哈 Kǎndàhā; cmn 岡大害 Gāngdàhài historically; cmn 愷達哈爾 Kǎidáhā'ěr historically
Hindi: hi कंधार m, hi कन्धार m
Italian: it Kandahar f
Japanese: ja カンダハル Kandaharu
Korean: ko ^칸다하르
Manchu: mnc ᡴᠠᠨᡩ᠋ᠠᡥᠠᡵ
Marathi: mr कंदाहार n
Pashto: ps کندهار m kandahār
Persian: fa قندهار qandahâr
Polish: pl Kandahar m
Russian: ru Кандага́р m
Tajik: tg Қандаҳор
Turkish: tr Kandehar
Ottoman Turkish: ota قَندَهار Kandehar
Urdu: ur قندھار m qandhār
Uzbek: uz Qandahor
en eponyms
Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Qandahar rare dated
Etymology
Ultimately from nl ps کندهار.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌkɑn.daːˈɦɑr/
nl Nl-Kandahar.ogg
nl Kan da har
nl ɑr
Proper noun
n
nl Kandahar Q45604,Q173808