Balochistan

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Baluchi بلوچِستان or Hindustani بلوچستان / बलोचिस्तान (balocistān), from Classical Persian بَلوچِسْتَان (balōčistān). By surface analysis, Baloch +‎ -istan.

Proper noun

Balochistan

  2. A region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea, dominated by desert and mountains, composed of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a strip of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people.
  4. A province of Pakistan. Capital: Quetta.

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See also

provinces and territories of Pakistanedit
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