- Pakistan
- republic, S Asia; 307,374 sq. mi.; pop. 122,666,000; cap. Islamabad.
Webster's Gazetteer. 2013.
Pakistan
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PAKISTAN — Le Pakistan est né de la volonté des musulmans de l’Inde anglaise d’obtenir un «État séparé». La création de celui ci a été réclamée dans les dernières années d’existence de l’Empire des Indes par la Ligue musulmane de Mohammed Jinnah, qui avait… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Pakistan — prop. n. A country in South Asia formerly part of British India. Syn: West Pakistan. [WordNet 1.5] Note: Data on Pakistan from the CIA WOrld Factbook, 1996 Geography: Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India and Iran… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
PAKISTAN — PAKISTAN, Islamic republic, S. Asia, established in 1947 after the partition of India. At the beginning of the 20th century, the largest city, Karachi, had about 2,500 Jews engaged as tradesmen, artisans, and civil servants. Their mother tongue… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Pakistán — Esta es la grafía más extendida en español para el nombre de este país asiático, que coincide, además, con la de su nombre oficial; se desaconseja, por ello, la grafía alternativa y minoritaria Paquistán. Este topónimo puede usarse precedido de… … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
Pakistan — Pȁkistān m DEFINICIJA geogr. država u J Aziji s izlazom na Arapsko more, 796.095 km2, 127.962.000 stan., glavni grad Islamabad SINTAGMA Istočni Pakistan pov. I dio Pakistana 1947 1971, otada Bangladeš … Hrvatski jezični portal
Pakistan — south Asian nation formed 1947 by division of British India, the name apparently proposed 1930s by Muslim students at Cambridge University, first element said to be an acronym from Punjab, Afghanistan and Kashmir, three regions envisioned as… … Etymology dictionary
Pakistan — [pak′i stan΄, pä′ki stän΄] country in S Asia, on the Arabian Sea: formed from parts of former British India, it became a dominion (1947 56) & a republic (1956 72; 1989 99) of the Commonwealth: 307,293 sq mi (795,886 sq km); pop. 131,500,000; cap … English World dictionary
Pakistan — /pak euh stan , pah keuh stahn /, n. 1. Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947 71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).… … Universalium
Pakistan — This article is about the nation of Pakistan. For other uses, see Pakistan (disambiguation) and Pakistani (disambiguation). Islamic Republic of Pakistan … Wikipedia
Pakistan — اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان Islāmī Ǧumhūriya i Pākistān (Urdu) Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Engl.) Islamische Republik Pakistan … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pakistan — اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان (ur) Islāmī Jumhūrīyah Pākistān (ur) Islamic … Wikipédia en Français
