Kafiristan

/ (ˌkæfɪrɪˈstɑːn) /


noun
  1. the former name of Nuristan

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How to use Kafiristan in a sentence

  • This is a part of unexplored Kafiristan rather than Badakshan, and he will be a bold man indeed who undertakes its investigation.

    The Gates of India | Thomas Holdich
  • Kafiristan is, however, in these modern days very much curtailed as the home of the Kafir.

    The Gates of India | Thomas Holdich
  • The wild and savage altitudes of Badakshan and Kafiristan by no means exhaust the unexplored 512 tracts of Afghanistan.

    The Gates of India | Thomas Holdich
  • To this day hymns are unwittingly sung to Bacchus in the dales and glens of Kafiristan.

  • They were tall and black, and coming home I saw them fight like wild goats—there are lots of goats in Kafiristan.