Peshawar

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pəˈʃɔːə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pe shä′wər)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Pe•sha•war  (pe shä′wər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa city in N Pakistan, near the Khyber Pass: capital of the former North-West Frontier province. 555,000.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Peshawar / pəˈʃɔːə/
  1. 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)
'Peshawar' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Khyber Pahktunkhwa - Khyber Pass - North-West Frontier Province - Swat

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