| / English Dictionary |
PAMIR MOUNTAINS
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China
Synonyms:
Pamir Mountains; the Pamirs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Holonyms ("Pamir Mountains" is a part of...):
Afghanistan; Islamic State of Afghanistan (a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south)
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Pakistan; West Pakistan (a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
Kirghiz; Kirghizia; Kirghizstan; Kirgiz; Kirgizia; Kirgizstan; Kyrgyz Republic; Kyrgyzstan (a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991)
Republic of Tajikistan; Tadjik; Tadzhik; Tadzhikistan; Tajik; Tajikistan (a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
