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"a general geographical term used by some Greek and Roman authors of ancient period for a district of wide extent between Central Asia and the Indus River, comprehending the eastern provinces of the Achaemenid Empire that covered entire modern-day Afghanistan, east and southeast of Iran, Tajikistan and northwestern Pakistan"
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"word": "𐭇𐭓𐭉𐭅"
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"alt": "𐭧𐭥𐭩𐭥 /harēw/",
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