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Definition of Hindu Kush
1. Noun. A mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas.
Group relationships: Afghanistan, Islamic State Of Afghanistan, Islamic Republic Of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan
Terms within: Khyber Pass, Tirich Mir
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Definition of Hindu Kush
1. Proper noun. A mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hindu Kush
Literary usage of Hindu Kush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Bending back westwards upon itself, the line of Afghan frontier now follows the
water-parting of the Hindu Rush; and as the Hindu Kush absolutely overhangs ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"Four Domains;' and besides these, such part of the Hazdra tribes as lie north of
the Hindu Kush and its prolongation, defined in the article AFGHANISTAN. ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1881)
"The Hindu Kush, throughout the whole length of it visible from any part of the
... The Hindu Kush is crossed by mountain paths at intervals along its whole ..."
4. The Face of the Earth: (Das Antlitz Der Erde) by Eduard Suess (1904)
"Hindu Kush and Pamir. The eastern Himalaya. Burma, Malacca, Sumatra. Summary.
SINCE Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Hitter gave us the first outlines of a ..."
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