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THE PAMIRS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does the Pamirs mean? 

THE PAMIRS (noun)
  The noun THE PAMIRS has 1 sense:

1. a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western Chinaplay

  Familiarity information: THE PAMIRS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THE PAMIRS (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Pamir Mountains; the Pamirs

Instance hypernyms:

chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)

Holonyms ("the Pamirs" 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)


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