Definition of Herat

1. Noun. A city in northwestern Afghanistan on the site of several ancient cities.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Afghanistan, Islamic State Of Afghanistan

Definition of Herat

1. Proper noun. An ancient city in Central Asia, now a provincial capital of Afghanistan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Herat

Hepworth
Her Honor
Her Maj
Her Majesty
Her Royal Highness
Hera
Heracleitus
Heracleonite
Heracleonites
Heracles
Heracleum
Heracleum sphondylium
Heraclitus
Herakles
Heraklion
Herat (current term)
Herati
Heratis
Herb
Herb Simon
Herbart
Herbert
Herbert A. Simon
Herbert Alexander Simon
Herbert Blythe
Herbert Clark Hoover
Herbert George Wells
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Kitchener
Herbert Marcuse

Literary usage of Herat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"Spanning the river in front of MS stood the one bridge which exists between Herat and Pul-i-Khatun; and though the bridge looked crazy enough to give way to ..."

2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1857)
"wall, you will find Herat most accurately, scientifically, and clearly laid down, for the position was determined by Colonel Sanders, of the Bengal ..."

3. A History of Ancient Geography Among the Greeks and Romans from the Earliest by Edward Herbert Bunbury (1883)
"occupied the site of the modern Herat. There appears to me strong evidence in favour of placing Alexandria on the same spot with Herat, or at least in its ..."

4. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds, Relating to India and ...by India Foreign and Political Dept by India Foreign and Political Dept (1892)
"Herat. Ynr Muhammad's usurpation of the government of — Herat occupied by a force ... Attempt of Ayub Khan to annex — to his principality of Herat Kandahar. ..."

5. A History of Ancient Geography Among the Greeks and Romans from the Earliest by Edward Herbert Bunbury (1883)
"ROUTES FROM Herat INTO BACTRIA. At the present day there are three routes leading from Herat into Bactria: one, the direct line through the mountains ..."

6. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1892)
"And if any foreign (State), either Afghan or other, should desire to interfere with or encroach upon the territory of Herat or its dependencies and the ..."

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