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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Peshawar
a city in N Pakistan, near the Khyber Pass: capital of the North-West Frontier Province. 1,676,000.

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1. (noun) Peshawar
city in northern Pakistan at the eastern end of the Khyber Pass

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Peshawar
or Peshawur (84), a town on the Indian frontier, and centre of trade with Afghanistan, is 10 m. from the entrance of the Khyber Pass, on the Kabul River, and though ill-fortified is a bulwark of the empire, being provided with a large garrison of infantry and artillery.

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