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Peshawar

pes·ha·war

US/pɛˈʃəˌwɑːr/ uncommon

noun

1.

city in northern Pakistan at the eastern end of the Khyber Pass

Origin

Borrowed from Urdu پشاور (piśāvar), a corruption of Classical Persian پَرَشَاوَر (parašāwar), ultimately from Sanskrit पुरुषपुर (puruṣapura).

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