TALEBAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Taleban mean? 

• TALEBAN (noun)
  The noun TALEBAN has 1 sense:

1. a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government

  Familiarity information: TALEBAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALEBAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Taleban; Taliban

Context example:

the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior

Hypernyms ("Taleban" is a kind of...):

religious movement (a movement intended to bring about religious reforms)