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Wakhan Corridor

Wakhan Corridor proper noun: an area in northeastern Afghanistan that forms a land link between Afghanistan and China.

wakhan corridor: an area in northeastern Afghanistan that forms a land link between Afghanistan and China
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Proper noun

Wakhan Corridor

  1. An area in northeastern Afghanistan that forms a land link between Afghanistan and China.
    • This agreement settled the Pamirs issue by delimiting the border from the Uzbel pass southward to Afghan Wakhan¹¹ along the Aksu-Sarikol watershed.¹²1996, S. C. M. Paine, “Mongolia: The Last Frontier”, in Imperial Rivals: China, Russia, and Their Disputed Frontier, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 274

Forms of Wakhan Corridor

alternative formVakhan Corridor
alternative formWākhān Corridor

Questions about Wakhan Corridor

What does Wakhan Corridor mean?
Wakhan Corridor means an area in northeastern Afghanistan that forms a land link between Afghanistan and China.
What part of speech is Wakhan Corridor?
Wakhan Corridor is a proper noun.

Words near Wakhan Corridor in the dictionary

  1. wakey wakey, eggs and bakey
  2. wakf
  3. wakfed
  4. wakfing
  5. wakfs
  6. Wakhan Corridor
  7. Wakhi
  8. wakif
  9. wakifs
  10. wakil
  11. wakils

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