# Afghania

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in northwestern Pakistan
2. North-West Frontier Province (official name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa until 2010)

## Etymology
From Afghan (“a person of Pashtun ethnicity”) + -ia (“land”). Coined by Choudhary Rahmat Ali who published it in the pamphlet Now or Never issued on January 28, 1933 as the "a" in Pakistan (then Pakstan). Compare Latin Afgania.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/afghania