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PRONUNCIATION OF PESHAWAR

Peshawar  [pəˈʃɔːə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PESHAWAR

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Peshawar is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PESHAWAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Peshawar

Peshawar (Pashto: پېښور‎ Pex̌awar; Hindko: پيشور Pishōr; Urdu: پشاور‎ Pishāwar Urdu pronunciation (help·info)), also known as Pekhawar, is the capital and largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), and the administrative centre and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated in a large valley near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, close to the Pak-Afghan border. Known as "City on the Frontier", Peshawar's strategic location on the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia has made it one of the most culturally vibrant and lively cities in the greater region. Peshawar is irrigated by various canals of the Kabul River and by its right tributary, the Bara River. Peshawar has now evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities.

Definition of Peshawar in the English dictionary

The definition of Peshawar in the dictionary is a city in N Pakistan, at the E end of the Khyber Pass: one of the oldest cities in Pakistan and capital of the ancient kingdom of Gandhara; university. Pop: 1 255 000.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PESHAWAR


chawer
ˈtʃɔːə
clapperclawer
ˈklæpəˌklɔːə
clawer
ˈklɔːə
drawer
ˈdrɔːə
gnawer
ˈnɔːə
pawer
ˈpɔːə
pipiwharauroa
ˈpiːpiːˌfæræuːˌrɔːə
redrawer
riːˈdrɔːə
sawer
ˈsɔːə
tawer
ˈtɔːə
thawer
ˈθɔːə
whittawer
ˈwɪtɔːə
wire-drawer
ˈwaɪəˌdrɔːə
withdrawer
wɪðˈdrɔːə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PESHAWAR

Pesach
pesade
Pesah
pesante
Pesaro
Pescadores
Pescara
pescetarian
peseta
pesewa
Peshito
Peshitta

WORDS THAT END LIKE PESHAWAR

Bhubaneswar
civil war
cold war
council of war
cyberwar
Dewar
flame war
guerrilla war
holy war
Kathiawar
Medawar
post-war
prisoner of war
shalwar
sloop of war
sowar
theatre of war
tug-of-war
turf war
war

Synonyms and antonyms of Peshawar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Peshawar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PESHAWAR

Find out the translation of Peshawar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Peshawar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Peshawar» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

白沙瓦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Peshawar
570 millions of speakers

English

Peshawar
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेशावर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بيشاور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Пешавар
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Peshawar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেশোয়ার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Peshawar
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peshawar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Peshawar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ペシャワル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

페샤와르
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peshawar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Peshawar
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெஷாவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेशावर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Peşaver
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Peshawar
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Peszawar
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Пешавар
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Peshawar
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Πεσαβάρ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Peshawar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Peshawar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Peshawar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Peshawar

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PESHAWAR»

The term «Peshawar» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.339 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PESHAWAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Peshawar» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Peshawar» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Peshawar

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PESHAWAR»

Discover the use of Peshawar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Peshawar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Peshawar Lancers
In the mid-1870s, a violent spray of comets hits Earth, decimating cities, erasing shorelines, and changing the world's climate forever.
S. M. Stirling, 2003
2
Proceed to Peshawar: The Story of a U.S. Navy Intelligence ...
9 George Nathaniel (later Lord) Curzon visited Peshawar in 1887 on his first trip around the world. After reaching Agra, he proceeded to Delhi, Peshawar, Khyber, and then through the Bolan Pass by railroad to Quetta. He, too, is supposed to ...
George J. Hill, 2013
3
Conflict in Afghanistan: A Historical Encyclopedia
Peshawar, Pakistan: University of Peshawar. PESHAWAR, TREATY OF (1856) The Treaty of Peshawar, for which negotiations began in 1885, was concluded in 1856 and opened diplomatic relations between Britain and Afghanistan and ...
Frank Clements, 2003
4
The Nightingale of Peshawar: Selections from Rahman Baba
Mystic songs of a 17th century Muslim poet.
ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Raḥmān, Jens Enevoldsen, 1993
5
Pakistan and the Karakoram Highway
PESHAWAR 0 2 km 0 1 mile Dera Ismail Khan (350km) Kohat (90km); Bannu ( 210km); Darra Adam Khel (20km); To Ziarat Rahman Baba (3km); Islamabad ( 162km) Daewoo Terminal (1km); Bus Stand (1km); To General Chitral (355km) ...
Lindsay Brown, Paul Clammer, Rodney Cocks, 2008
6
Advance Study in the History of Modern India (Volume-2: ...
The Sikh conquest of Peshawar from the Afghans was more important in the sense that after clearing Afghans from the Punjab, this was now an attempt to occupy a part of the Afghan kingdom itself. The first Sikh expedition to Peshawar was ...
G. S. Chhabra, 2005
7
The Rotarian
The party of the Mayor and his wife, Rotarians Kenneth R. Archibald, Leighton Hope, and Don Ingersoll spent two weeks in Pakistan, found time to visit the Rotary Clubs of Peshawar and Lahore. Mayor Kerr was elected honorary Mayor of ...
8
The Terrorist Prince: The Life and Death of Murtaza Bhutto
... Hamidullah Zahid (Peshawar); Moeenullah (Peshawar); Mir Nazir Hussain ( Peshawar); Fazlur Rehman Kayani (Peshawar); Rehman Haider Kayani ( Peshawar); Noorul Amin (Peshawar); Misbahuddin (Dir); Niaz Adil (Peshawar); Muddasar ...
‎1997
9
Gender, Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions
IRXR: Ravail Khan "Ravail" (poet) ISMX: Sayvid Mohammad Khan (poet) ISXS: Saifur Khan "Saifur" (poet) Chapbooks Peshawar (QX) = Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar CA-Da/Da-i Dil-ajza Shahzada aw Dil-afruza Shahzadagai, bv Amanar ...
Arjun Appadurai, Frank J. Korom, Margaret Ann Mills, 1994
10
Historic Cities of the Islamic World
The town of Peshawar is an ancient one, and as Parashawara or Purushapura was once the capital of GandhÊra; it was also called Begram, appearing as such in early Pashto poetry. The present name of the town is popularly ascribed to the  ...
Clifford Edmund Bosworth, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PESHAWAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Peshawar is used in the context of the following news items.
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Peshawar: Nullah Budhni overflows again, water breaks into houses
PESHAWAR: (Dunya News) – Rains have been wreaking havoc in the country yet again and Nullah Budhni overflew on Sunday to add to the ... «DunyaNews Pakistan, Jul 15»
2
Peshawar: Several Restaurants and Stores Sealed for Selling …
Several restaurants and food stores in Peshawar were sealed by the Deputy Commissioner Riaz Mehsud and his team for selling expired and ... «Voice of Journalists, Jul 15»
3
Karachi and Peshawar among top 20 polluted cities in the world
According to a recent list issued by the World Health Organization, Karachi is slated at number 5 whilst Peshawar is at number 6 and ... «ARY NEWS, Jul 15»
4
Earthquake rattles Islamabad along with Lahore, Peshawar
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – An earthquake rattled the cities the Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar along with various areas of Punjab, Khyber ... «DunyaNews Pakistan, Jul 15»
5
NADRA's Peshawar office closed for security reasons
PESHAWAR: In the wake of recent threats, security personnel on Friday closed and vacated the National Database Registration Authority ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
6
In Focus: Pakistan executes nearly one person a day after Peshawar
Pakistan has been executing nearly one person a day after it resumed the death penalty following the December 2014 Peshawar school ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
7
Expired food: KFC, Pizza Hut sealed in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The outlets of Pizza Hut and KFC were sealed by the Deputy Commissioner Office Peshawar on Thursday for selling 'expired' ... «ARY NEWS, Jul 15»
8
Regional office of the National Database and Registration Authority …
PESHAWAR: Security forces on Thursday closed the regional office of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) situated in ... «DAWN.com, Jul 15»
9
Peshawar school attack fabrication: Blaming India is immature …
The latest Pakistani claim that India was behind the December 2014 Peshawar school attack does not come as a surprise given Pakistan's ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
10
White coat scare, Pak's Peshawar claim, more
Part 1: Pakistan reportedly blamed India for funding the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and arming them before the deadly attack on the military-run ... «India Today, Jul 15»

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