AFGHAN

Afghan

The ethnonym Afghan has been used in reference to Pashtuns for over a thousand years. The name Afghanistan is a derivation from the ethnonym Afghan, originally in the loose meaning "land of the Afghans" and referred to the Pashtun tribal areas south of the Hindu Kush.

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afghan

Noun

  1. A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted.
  2. A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut, popular in Australia and New Zealand.


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