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Khyber Pass

Khyber Pass proper noun: a mountain pass connecting Pakistan and Afghanistan of great strategic and historical importance.

Proper noun

Khyber Pass

  1. A mountain pass connecting Pakistan and Afghanistan of great strategic and historical importance.
    • 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

Noun

Khyber Pass

  1. (Cockney, slang) The arse.
    • You can stuff your rules, your insane ravings, your shouting, and your stupid "theory" right up your Khyber Pass. See a psychiatrist.1999 December 27, Androcles, “Re: An Open Letter to George Hammond:”, in sci.physics.relativity (Usenet)

Khyber Pass meaning in Tamil

Khyber Pass in Tamil

mountain pass
கைபர் கணவாய் kaipar kaṇavāy

Synonyms of Khyber Pass

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Origin of Khyber Pass

Calque of Urdu درہ خیبر (dara xaibar).

Words formed from Khyber Pass

Questions about Khyber Pass

What does Khyber Pass mean?
Khyber Pass means a mountain pass connecting Pakistan and Afghanistan of great strategic and historical importance.
What is Khyber Pass in Tamil?
Khyber Pass in Tamil is கைபர் கணவாய் (kaipar kaṇavāy). See Khyber Pass meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Khyber Pass?
Khyber Pass can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Khyber Pass in the dictionary

  1. Khyati
  2. khyber
  3. Khyber knife
  4. Khyber knives
  5. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  6. Khyber Pass
  7. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
  8. khybers
  9. Khyriv
  10. Khánh Hoà
  11. khène

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