Peshawar

/pɛˈʃəˌwɑːr/ name

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  1. 1
    A city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

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administrative districtcitydistrictmetropolisurban center

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"The Chinese are helping Pakistan build the motorway linking the northwestern border city of Peshawar to the southern port of Karachi, which Kabul uses for its international trade."

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu پشاور (piśāvar), a corruption of Classical Persian پَرَشَاوَر (parašāwar), ultimately from Sanskrit पुरूषपुर (purūṣapura).

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