Peshawar

[ pe-shah-wer ]

/ pɛˈʃɑ wər /

noun

a city in N Pakistan, near the Khyber Pass: capital of the former North-West Frontier province.

Definition for peshawar (2 of 2)

North-West Frontier Province

[ nawrth-west, -west ]

/ ˈnɔrθˌwɛst, -ˈwɛst /

noun

a province in Pakistan, bordering Punjab and Kashmir on the west: a former province of British India. 28,773 sq. mi. (77,516 sq. km). Capital: Peshawar.

Example sentences from the Web for peshawar

Uzbeks were responsible for a recent attack on Karachi airport, he said, and “it looks like of the attack in Peshawar is same.”

Pakistani School Killers Want to Strike the U.S. |Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey |December 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Half a dozen men sit on the floor in a grimy rented storefront in the crowded Khyber Bazaar.

Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of Pakistan |Umar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel |November 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Dostum fled the country to Pakistan, where he lived in exile in Peshawar.

The Warlord Who Defines Afghanistan: An Excerpt From Bruce Riedel’s ’What We Won’ |Bruce Riedel |July 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
On May 1, 1960, a U-2 spy plane operated by the CIA took off from an airbase in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Russia’s Missiles Stung the World Long Before MH17 |Clive Irving |July 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

In the interview Tuesday with Libyan television, Tantoush said his work in Peshawar was entirely humanitarian.

Jihadists Now Control Secretive U.S. Base in Libya |Eli Lake |April 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We started from Peshawar on the 27th November, and drove as far as Nowshera.

Forty-one years in India |Frederick Sleigh Roberts
But the step would have been more hazardous and desperate than the abandonment of Peshawar by his brother John.

India Under British Rule |James Talboys Wheeler
Masson estimated that there were about fifty or sixty thousand inhabitants in Peshawar, where he was exceedingly well treated.

The Gates of India |Thomas Holdich
Why, the drawing-room is not much bigger than my bathroom was at Peshawar.

Arundel |Edward Frederic Benson
When they reached Bara they decided to rejoin the Peshawar column, without delay, as the outlook was not promising.

Through Three Campaigns |G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for peshawar (1 of 2)

Peshawar

/ (pəˈʃɔːə) /

noun

a city in N Pakistan, at the E end of the Khyber Pass: one of the oldest cities in Pakistan and capital of the ancient kingdom of Gandhara; university (1950). Pop: 1 255 000 (2005 est)

British Dictionary definitions for peshawar (2 of 2)

North-West Frontier Province

noun

a province in N Pakistan between Afghanistan and Jammu and Kashmir: part of British India from 1901 until 1947; of strategic importance, esp for the Khyber Pass. Capital: Peshawar. Pop: 20 170 000 (2003 est). Area: 74 522 sq km (28 773 sq miles)

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