- the capital of Afghanistan, in the northeast of the country at an altitude of 1800 m (5900 ft) on the Kabul River: over 3000 years old, with a strategic position commanding passes through the Hindu Kush and main routes to the Khyber Pass; destroyed and rebuilt many times; capital of the Mogul Empire from 1504 until 1738 and of Afghanistan from 1773; university (1932). Pop: 4 634 875 (2015 est)
- a river in Afghanistan and Pakistan, rising in the Hindu Kush and flowing east into the Indus at Attock, Pakistan. Length: 700 km (435 miles)
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Ka•bul
(kä′bŏŏl, -bəl, kə bo̅o̅l′),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa city in and the capital of Afghanistan, in the NE part. 377,715.
- Place Namesa river flowing E from NE Afghanistan to the Indus River in Pakistan. 360 mi. (580 km) long.
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Kabul /kəˈbʊl; ˈkɑːbəl/, Kabol n
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