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 Definitions of khyber pass  [ˈkaɪ bər]  

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Definition of 'khyber pass' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Khyber Pass
the chief mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, W of Peshawar. 33 mi. (53 km) long; 6825 ft. (2080 m) high.
Definition of 'khyber pass' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Khyber Pass
a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India
Definitions of 'khyber pass' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  khyber pass
a narrow defile 33 m. long, in one place only 10 ft. wide, through not lofty but precipitous mountains; lies to the NW. of Peshawur, and is the chief route between the Punjab and Afghanistan; was the scene of a British catastrophe in the war of 1839-42, but has been repeatedly forced since, and since 1879 has been under British control.

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