Definitions for kandaharˌkʌn dəˈhɑr

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Kan•da•harˌkʌn dəˈhɑr(n.)

  1. a city in S Afghanistan. 178,409.

    Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Kandahar, Qandahar(noun)

    a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center

Wiktionary

  1. Kandahar(ProperNoun)

    A city and province in southern Afghanistan

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Kandahar

    capital of Southern Afghanistan, near the Argandab River, 200 m. SW. of Kabul; a well-watered, regularly built town in the middle of orchards and vineyards; is of great political and commercial importance; a centre of trade with India, Persia, and Turkestan; it was held by the British through the war of 1839-41, and again in 1880-81; population variously estimated from 25,000 to 100,000.


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