Definition of Mazar-i-Sharif

1. Noun. A city in northern Afghanistan.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mazar-i-Sharif

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Mayotte
Mays
Maytide
Maytime
Maytimes
Mazaca
Mazama
Mazandaran
Mazandaran Sea
Mazandarani
Mazandaranis
Mazanderani
Mazanderanis
Mazar-i-Sharif (current term)
Mazatec
Mazatecs
Mazatlan
Mazda
Mazdaism
Mazdas
Mazdean
Mazdeism
Mazola parties
Mazur game
Mazzini
Mazzoni corpuscle
Mazzotti reaction

Literary usage of Mazar-i-Sharif

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

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1887)
"On the way to Mazar-i-Sharif one crosses the Abadu Kotal, where Sardar Muhammad ... Captain Maitland was honourably received at Mazar-i-Sharif, and the day ..."

2. Afghanistan by Angus Hamilton (1906)
"Mazar-i-Sharif is the summer resort of nearly the whole population of the Balkh district, as its situation is more elevated, its temperature less oppressive ..."

3. India by Thomas Hungerford Holdich (1905)
"From Mazar-i-Sharif to I there is indeed a highroad, a sort of road which is itly practicable for commercial purposes, although the backbone of the Hindu ..."

4. World Report 2002: The Events of 2001 by Human Rights Watch (Organization (2002)
"In addition, there were outstanding questions about the events surrounding a prison riot in Mazar-i-Sharif which began on November 25. All of the prisoners, ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The mounds of ruins on the road to Mazar-i- Sharif probably represent the site of a city yet older than those on which stands the modern Balkh. ..."

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