Afghania en · PROPN
Etymology
From 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). Compare Latin Afgania.
Meanings
- (qualifier:largely obsolete, uncountable) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in northwestern Pakistan
- (historical, uncountable) North-West Frontier Province (official name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa until 2010)