🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

파키스탄

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Pakiseutan

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pakistan/ˈpæk.ɪ.stæn/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"파키스탄은 남아시아의 한 나라입니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A country in South Asia, bordered by India, Afghanistan, Iran, and the Arabian Sea.

    "Pakistan is known for its diverse culture and rich history."
  2. 2

    The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, established in 1947 as a separate nation for Muslims of the Indian subcontinent.

    "After gaining independence, Pakistan faced numerous challenges in its early years."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The name Pakistan was coined in 1933 as an acronym by Choudhry Rahmat Ali, a Pakistan Movement activist, who published it in his pamphlet 'Now or Never'. It represents the 'units' of the Indian subcontinent: Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan, with the suffix -stan meaning 'land of' in Persian and Urdu.

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