Hindu Kush

[ hin-doo koosh, kuhsh ]

/ ˈhɪn du ˈkʊʃ, ˈkʌʃ /

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noun

the Hindu Kush, a mountain range in southern Asia, mostly in northeastern Afghanistan, extending west from the Himalayas. Highest peak, Tirich Mir, 25,230 feet (7,690 meters).

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Also called Hindu Kush Mountains.

Origin of Hindu Kush

First recorded in 1820–30; possibly from Persian koš, a derivative of the verb koštan “to kill,” the phrase meaning “Hindu killer” (from when slaves being transported from the Indian subcontinent to Central Asia died in the harsh climate of these mountains); possibly from Persian Hindūkuš, Hendukoš “Mountains of the Indus / of India,” which, in some 19th-century reports was also interpreted in a popular etymology as a compound of Hendu and koš “Hindu-slayer”

Words nearby Hindu Kush

Hindu, Hindu-Arabic numeral, Hindu calendar, Hinduism, Hinduize, Hindu Kush, Hindus, Hindustan, Hindustani, Hindutva, hindward

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How to use Hindu Kush in a sentence

By which I mean, there are some Jews and the occasional Hindu or Muslim.
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And while guru literally means “teacher,” in Hindu and Buddhist contexts, it often means much more.
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There are Egyptian influences and an imitation Hindu temple.
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The attendees throw colored powder around, not unlike the Hindu festival of Holi.
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We can do as we like with Hindu and Mussalman so long as we leave their respective religions untouched.
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The Hindu walks with a great deal of poise, in fact, very much like an elephant, but he also has the agility of the panther.
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The highest idea of the Hindu, as of the Buddhist, is to pass out into a sort of painless existence of nothingness.
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In Penloe is seen the interior life of the Hindu combined with the best practical thought of the West.
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The Chinese and Hindu millions who would have starved to death, have been fed, and that's why they're with us to-day.
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British Dictionary definitions for Hindu Kush

Hindu Kush

/ (kʊʃ, kuːʃ) /

pl n

a mountain range in central Asia, extending about 800 km (500 miles) east from the Koh-i-Baba Mountains of central Afghanistan to the Pamirs. Highest peak: Tirich Mir, 7690 m (25 230 ft)

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