Balochistan
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English
Alternative forms
- Baluchistan, Baluchestan, Beluchistan
- (archaic) Beloochistan, (obsolete) Biluchistan
Etymology
Borrowed from Baluchi بلوچِستان or Hindustani بلوچستان / बलोचिस्तान (balocistān), from Classical Persian بلوچستان (balūčistān). By surface analysis, Baloch + -istan.
Proper noun
Balochistan
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- 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.
- A province of Pakistan. Capital: Quetta.
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Translations
region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia
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province of Pakistan
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See also
- (provinces and territories of Pakistan) provinces of Pakistan; Azad Kashmir, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Islamabad Capital Territory, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Jammu Kashmir, Sindh (Category: en:Provinces of Pakistan)