"Afghania" meaning in English

See Afghania in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Afghan (“A person of Pashtun ethnicity”) + -ia (“land”). Coined by Choudhary Rahmat Ali who published it in the pamphlet Now or Never issued on January 28, 1933 as the "a" in Pakistan (then Pakstan). Compare Latin Afgania. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Afghan|-ia|gloss1=A person of Pashtun ethnicity|gloss2=land}} Afghan (“A person of Pashtun ethnicity”) + -ia (“land”), {{cog|la|Afgania}} Latin Afgania Head templates: {{en-proper noun|-}} Afghania (uncountable)
  1. (largely obsolete) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in northwestern Pakistan Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-Afghania-en-name-rUUWUydW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
  2. (historical) North-West Frontier Province (official name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa until 2010) Tags: historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Afghania-en-name-xNnpgJJt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ia, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ia: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Gandhara (english: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; another proposed name for the North-West Frontier Province before was settled on)
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