Definition of Kandahar

1. Noun. A city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center.

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

Definition of Kandahar

1. Proper noun. A city and province in southern Afghanistan ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kandahar

Kamtschadales
Kan
Kan.
Kan River
Kanagawa
Kanak
Kanaks
Kananga
Kanara
Kanarese
Kanawha
Kanawha River
Kanazawa
Kanchanjanga
Kanchenjunga
Kandahar (current term)
Kandinskian
Kandinsky
Kandy
Kangar
Kangchenjunga
Kango
Kangos
Kangxi
Kanji
Kanjobal
Kannada
Kannada-speaking
Kanner's syndrome
Kano

Literary usage of Kandahar

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

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1879)
"Surveys round Kandahar. By Major ROGERS, BE Captain Malcolm Rogers, ... During- the march to Kandahar the work was restricted to a route survey of the ..."

2. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1907)
"He promised the Indian government that he would be at Kandahar under the month, ... Such was the spirit of the Kandahar field force that it covered the 313 ..."

3. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1907)
"He promised the Indian government that he would be at Kandahar under the month, ... Such was the spirit of the Kandahar field force that it covered the 313 ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Sir Frederick Roberts at once set out from Kabul with 10000 men to its relief, reached Kandahar after a rapid march of 313 miles, attacked and routed Ayub ..."

5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1881)
"THE following account of Sir Donald Stewart's march from Kandahar to Kabul in 1880 ... At that time the troops had been in garrison at Kandahar for nearly ..."

6. The History of England During the Reign of Victoria (1837-1907) by Sidney Low, Lloyd Charles Sanders (1907)
"He promised the Indian government that he would be at Kandahar under the month, ... Such was the spirit of the Kandahar field force that it covered the 313 ..."

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