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Dardistan

Dardistan proper noun: a region comprising northern Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir, and parts of northeastern Afghanistan, inhabited by the Dards.

Proper noun

Dardistan

  1. A region comprising northern Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir, and parts of northeastern Afghanistan, inhabited by the Dards.

Origin of Dardistan

From Dard + -istan; coined by Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner.

Questions about Dardistan

What does Dardistan mean?
Dardistan means a region comprising northern Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir, and parts of northeastern Afghanistan, inhabited by the Dards.
What part of speech is Dardistan?
Dardistan is a proper noun.

Words near Dardistan in the dictionary

  1. Dardic
  2. dardier
  3. dardiest
  4. Dardis
  5. Dardises
  6. Dardistan
  7. Dards
  8. dardy
  9. dare
  10. Dare County
  11. dare say

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