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Bab-e-Khyber

Bab-e-Khyber proper noun: a monument situated at the entrance of the Khyber Pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

bab-e-khyber: a monument situated at the entrance of the Khyber Pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of...
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Proper noun

Bab-e-Khyber

  1. A monument situated at the entrance of the Khyber Pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
    • Bab-e-Khyber is the name of the fortified arch, inaugurated with great pomp in 1963 by Pakistan's former military ruler Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan, that today bridges the road entrance to the Khyber Pass.2006 June 22, Dr Jules Stewart, The Khyber Rifles: From the British Raj to Al Qaeda, The History Press, →ISBN

Origin of Bab-e-Khyber

From Urdu باب خیبر (literally “Khyber door”).

Questions about Bab-e-Khyber

What does Bab-e-Khyber mean?
Bab-e-Khyber means a monument situated at the entrance of the Khyber Pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
What part of speech is Bab-e-Khyber?
Bab-e-Khyber is a proper noun.

Words near Bab-e-Khyber in the dictionary

  1. Bab al-Mandab
  2. Bab el Mandeb
  3. Bab el Mandeb Strait
  4. Bab el-Mandeb
  5. Bab-al-Mandab
  6. Bab-e-Khyber
  7. Bab-el-Mandeb
  8. baba
  9. Baba Ana
  10. baba au rhum
  11. baba ganouj

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