North-West Frontier Province
Americannoun
noun
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Chitral is a mountainous district of Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province, in the far end of the country, abutting an Afghan region called Wakhan, notable because it’s shaped like a panhandle.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2010
The return of the people, many of them marooned in camps in the North-West Frontier Province, will probably prove the hardest part of the operation.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2010
Two provinces � Baluchistan and the North-West Frontier Province � are already destabilized.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through sheer brutality, the British were able to manage the area � now called Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province � but never quite subdue it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The provinces which have chief commissioners are the Central Provinces and Berar, the North-West Frontier Province and Coorg.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
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