Balochistan

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  1. 1
    A region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea, dominated by desert and mountains, composed of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a strip of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people.
  2. 2
    A province of Pakistan. Capital: Quetta.

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"The Balochi language is spoken in Balochistan, which is split between Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan."

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu بَلوچِسْتان (balocistān), from Baluchi بلوچِستان, or Classical Persian بَلوچِسْتَان (balōčistān). By surface analysis, Baloch + -istan.

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