PESHAWAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peshawar mean? 

• PESHAWAR (noun)
  The noun PESHAWAR has 1 sense:

1. city in northern Pakistan at the eastern end of the Khyber Pass

  Familiarity information: PESHAWAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PESHAWAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

City in northern Pakistan at the eastern end of the Khyber Pass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Peshawar" 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)