Balochistan
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Baluchistan
- Baluchestan
- Beluchistan
- Beloochistan (archaic)
- Biluchistan (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Baluchi بلوچِستان or Hindustani بلوچستان / बलोचिस्तान (balocistān), from Classical Persian بلوچستان (balūčistān). By surface analysis, Baloch + -istan.
Proper noun
[edit]Balochistan
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- 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 very small section of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people.
- A province of Pakistan. Capital: Quetta.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia
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province of Pakistan
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See also
[edit]- (provinces and territories of Pakistan) provinces of Pakistan; Azad Kashmir, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Islamabad Capital Territory, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Jammu Kashmir, Sindh (Category: en:Provinces of Pakistan)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Baluchi
- English terms derived from Baluchi
- English terms borrowed from Hindustani languages
- English terms derived from Hindustani languages
- English terms derived from Classical Persian
- English terms suffixed with -istan
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Provinces of Pakistan
- en:Places in Pakistan
- English terms suffixed with -stan