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ISLAMABAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Islamabad mean?
• ISLAMABAD (noun)
The noun ISLAMABAD has 1 sense:
1. the capital of Pakistan in the north on a plateau; the site was chosen in 1959
Familiarity information: ISLAMABAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital of Pakistan in the north on a plateau; the site was chosen in 1959
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
capital of Pakistan; Islamabad
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Islamabad" is a part of...):
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)
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