Peshawar

[pe-shah-wer]

Pe·sha·war

[pe-shah-wer]
noun
a city in N Pakistan, near the Khyber Pass: capital of the former North-West Frontier province. 555,000.
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North-West Frontier Province

[nawrth-west, -west]
noun
a province in Pakistan, bordering Punjab and Kashmir on the west: a former province of British India. 10,885,000; 28,773 sq. mi. (77,516 sq. km). Capital: Peshawar.
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Peshawar (pəˈʃɔːə)
 
n
a city in N Pakistan, at the E end of the Khyber Pass: one of the oldest cities in Pakistan and capital of the ancient kingdom of Gandhara; university (1950). Pop: 1 255 000 (2005 est)

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