Khyber Pass

Speech parts

1. Khyber Pass - Noun

2. Khyber Pass - Proper noun

Meaning

a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India

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Examples

It soon became apparent to the British that Sikh participation, advancing toward Kabul through the Khyber Pass while Shuja and the British advanced through Kandahar, would not be forthcoming. Source: Internet

Entering Afghanistan from the Khyber Pass once extended, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) could proceed toward the north, crossing the Amu Darya River and onward to the South Aral Sea and Central Asia. Source: Internet

Peshawar, the first city past the Khyber Pass, is a thriving market town where people with rifles slung over their shoulders collect fees from buses for "safe passage." Source: Internet

The empire extended from the Khyber Pass in the west, to Kashmir in the north, to Multan in the south and Kapurthala in the east. Source: Internet

They include the Khyber Pass (1,027 m), in Pakistan, and the Kotal-e Lataband (2,499 m) east of Kabul, which was superseded in 1960 by a road constructed within the Kabul River's most spectacular gorge, the Tang-e Gharu. Source: Internet

This line continues on through mountainous regions to the Khyber Pass area. Source: Internet

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