Balochistan
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- Baluchistan
- Baluchestan
- Beluchistan
- Beloochistan (archaic)
- Biluchistan (obsolete)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Baluchi بلوچِستان or Hindustani بلوچستان / बलूचिस्तान (balūcistān), from Classical Persian بلوچستان (balūčistān). By surface analysis, Baloch + -istan.
Proper noun edit
Balochistan
- A region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea, dominated by desert and mountains, composed of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a very small section of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people.
- A province of Pakistan. Capital: Quetta.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia
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province of Pakistan
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See also edit
- (provinces and territories of Pakistan) provinces of Pakistan; Azad Kashmir, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Islamabad Capital Territory, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Jammu Kashmir, Sindh (Category: en:Provinces of Pakistan)