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HERAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Herat mean?
• HERAT (noun)
The noun HERAT has 1 sense:
1. a city in northwestern Afghanistan on the site of several ancient cities
Familiarity information: HERAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in northwestern Afghanistan on the site of several ancient cities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Herat" is a part of...):
Afghanistan; Islamic State of Afghanistan (a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south)
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