Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A country of South Asia. Occupying land crisscrossed by ancient invasion paths, Pakistan was the home of the prehistoric Indus Valley civilization, which flourished until overrun by Aryans c. 1500 BC. After being conquered by numerous rulers and powers, it passed to the British as part of India and became a separate Muslim state in 1947. The country originally included the Bengalese territory of East Pakistan, which achieved its separate independence in 1971 as Bangladesh. Pakistan became a republic in 1956. Islamabad is the capital and Karachi the largest city.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A country in South Asia formerly part of British India.
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- proper noun Country in South Asia. Official name:
Islamic Republic of Pakistan .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
Etymologies
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Walau sepak terjangnya di politik pakistan penuh kontroversi, sampai akhirnya Muhammad Ali Jinnah mengambil ide Iqbal untuk mendirikan Pakistan, paling tidak dia sudah berusaha maksimal untuk berbuat terbaik bagi komunitasnya.
Jati Diri: dari Iqbal, Rumi, Sampai Newton – Netsains.Com 2009
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USA arms pakistan to its teeth, China arms Pakistan to its teeth, Western countries pour billions down its throat.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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The Pakistan _Hurriyet of Karachi_ said: "A great Negro leader"; the _Pakistan Times_ said, "His death is a definite setback to the Negro movement for emancipation."
The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964
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This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 USC section 107 of the US Copyright Law. peshawar pakistan flood www. oxfam.org.uk/pakistan-floods Millions of people have been affected by the worst flooding to hit Pakistan in living memory.
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This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 USC section 107 of the US Copyright Law. peshawar pakistan flood www. oxfam.org.uk/pakistan-floods Millions of people have been affected by the worst flooding to hit Pakistan in living memory.
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Indian Army Will Wipe Pakistan Out, you wont see a pakistan on the map if Pakistan army dares to have a strike at india.
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Indian Army Will Wipe Pakistan Out, you wont see a pakistan on the map if Pakistan army dares to have a strike at india.
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"A liquid-fueled second stage and possibly a small solid-fueled third stage" may follow, the New York Times notes. no US / pakistan deal on drone attacks from press tv: Pakistan denies reports that Islamabad had clinched a secret deal with Washington allowing drone attacks inside the country's tribal zones.
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_Pakistan Taliban: Formed more recently, the group is known as the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or Pakistani Taliban Movement.
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_Pakistan Taliban: Formed more recently, the group is known as the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or Pakistani Taliban Movement.
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