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別の表記

• Qandahar, Candahar (dated)

語源

From Pashto کندهار (Kandahār, “Alexander, Alexandria”), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria Arachosia”), the city's ancient name. Doublet of Alexander, Alexandria, Alexandretta, Iskenderun, and Scandaroon.

固有名詞

Kandahar

1. A city, the capital of the province of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.
2. A province in southern Afghanistan.
   • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 309:

     “I’m from Kandahar myself. Have you ever been to Kandahar, hamshira? No? It’s lovely. What gardens! And the grapes! Oh, the grapes. They bewitch the palate.”

同意語

• Alexandria, Alexandria Arachosia, Alexandropolis, Alexandria in Arachosia (historical)