Khyber Pass

[ kahy-ber pas, pahs ]

/ ˈkaɪ bər ˈpæs, ˈpɑs /

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noun

the chief mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, west of Peshawar. 33 miles (53 kilometers) long; 6,825 feet (2,080 meters) high.

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Sometimes Khai·bar Pass .

Origin of Khyber Pass

First recorded in 1825–30; origin uncertain

Words nearby Khyber Pass

khus-khus, Khutbah, Khuzistan, Khwarizmi, Khyber knife, Khyber Pass, kHz, Ki, KIA, kiaat, kiabooca

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How to use Khyber Pass in a sentence

San Francisco was the first city to pass one in 2006; since then, 14 other cities and three states have followed suit.
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Congress is attempting to pass the buck on federal funding for education.
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“They just walk around, they ride in their patrol cars, and they just pass by,” he said.
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Typically, aircraft will work in pairs where the flight lead will make an initial pass to mark a target with rockets.
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He goes into some detail into what it took to persuade voters to pass marriage equality at the ballot box in four states in 2012.
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Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
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The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
But men, through neglecting the rules of health, pass quickly to old age, and die before reaching that term.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
Madame and myself had just been regretting that we should have to pass the evening in this miserable hole of a town.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
He shall pass into strange countries: for he shall try good and evil among men.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Khyber Pass

Khyber Pass

/ (ˈkaɪbə) /

noun

a narrow pass over the Safed Koh Range between Afghanistan and Pakistan, over which came the Persian, Greek, Tatar, Mogul, and Afghan invasions of India; scene of bitter fighting between the British and Afghans (1838–42, 1878–80). Length: about 53 km (33 miles). Highest point: 1072 m (3518 ft)

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