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| Afghanistan |
an Asian country bordered by Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. |
| anna |
a former copper-nickel coin of India and Pakistan, equaling one sixteenth of a rupee. |
| Bengal |
a region consisting of the northeastern state of West Bengal in India and the neighboring country of Bangladesh. Bengal was formerly a province of India before India's division into India and Pakistan. |
| India |
the region that contains this country as well as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. [1/2 definitions] |
| Indic |
of or pertaining to the subgroup of Indo-European languages spoken in India, Ceylon, and Pakistan, such as Hindi or Bengali. [1/2 definitions] |
| Indus River |
a major river of southern Asia that begins in Tibet and flows through Kashmir and Pakistan before entering the Arabian Sea. |
| Islamabad |
the capital of Pakistan. |
| Kashmir |
a southwestern Asian region between Afghanistan and Tibet, the object of conflicting territorial claims by India and Pakistan; Jammu and Kashmir. |
| khan1 |
a traditional title of respect given to officials or rulers in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Pakistan, and other Asian countries. [1/2 definitions] |
| paisa |
the smaller monetary unit of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan. (Cf. rupee, taka.) |
| Pakistan |
an Asian coastal country between India and Iran; Islamic Republic of Pakistan. |
| Pakistani |
a native or citizen of Pakistan, or a descendant thereof. [2 definitions] |
| Pashto |
an Iranian language of Indo-European origin that is the main vernacular of eastern Afghanistan and parts of western Pakistan. |
| Punjab |
a northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent now divided between Pakistan and India (usu. prec. by "the"). |
| rupee |
the chief monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equaling one hundred paise. [1/3 definitions] |
| sirdar |
in India, Afghanistan, or Pakistan, a military leader. [1/2 definitions] |
| Urdu |
the official literary language of Pakistan, written with Persian-Arabic characters, and widely used by Muslims in India. |
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