Kabul
/ˈkɑːbəl/ name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
- 2 A province of Afghanistan.
- 3 A river rising in the Hindu Kush of northeastern Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan and flowing roughly 700 kilometers before merging into the Indus river at Attock, Pakistan.
Example
More examples"Kabul is Afghanistan's capital city."
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کَابُل (kābul), of unknown origin. See the Persian entry for more.