Afghania

English

Etymology

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).

Proper noun

Afghania (uncountable)

A proposed name for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in northwestern Pakistan

Synonyms

North-West Frontier Province (official name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa until 2010)