Afghanistan
WordNet
noun
(1) A mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south
"Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979"
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Etymology
is believed by many modern Indic scholars to have been derived from a term though, some people claim its origin from the word or else from the word ; + suffix . cf Persian
See: Wikipedia article on Etymology of Afghanistan. Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan#Origin_and_history_of_the_name
Proper noun
Afghanistan