Afghania

English

Etymology

From Afghan (“A person of Pashtun ethnicity”) +‎ -ia (“land”). Coined by Choudhary Rahmat Ali who published it in the pamphlet Now or Never issued on January 28, 1933 as the "a" in Pakistan (then Pakstan). Compare Latin Afgania.

Proper noun

Afghania (uncountable)

1. (largely obsolete) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in northwestern Pakistan
2. (historical) North-West Frontier Province (official name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa until 2010)

See also

• Gandhara (another proposed name for the North-West Frontier Province before "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" was settled on)