Afghania
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Afghan (“A person of Pashtun ethnicity”) + -ia (“land”). Coined by Choudhary Rahmat Ali who published it in the pamphlet Now or Never issued on January 28, 1933 as the "a" in Pakistan (then Pakstan).
Proper noun[edit]
Afghania (uncountable)
- A proposed name for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in northwestern Pakistan
Synonyms[edit]
- North-West Frontier Province (official name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa until 2010)