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Wa⋅zir⋅i⋅stan

  [wuh-zeer-uh-stahn, -stan]
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–noun
a mountainous region in NW Pakistan.
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Wa·zir·i·stan   (wə-zîr'ĭ-stān', -stän')   
A mountainous region of northwest Pakistan on the Afghanistan border, divided into North Waziristan and South Waziristan. The region became part of Pakistan in 1947.
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Waziristan

geographic region of the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. It is a barren, mountainous country occupied by part of the Sulaiman Range and bounded north by the Kurram River, south by the Gumal River, and west by Afghanistan. The region's rivers, which flow toward the Indus River, provide the main approaches to the interior

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