# Balochistan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,065

## Definitions
1. A region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea, dominated by desert and mountains, composed of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a strip of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people.
2. A province of Pakistan. Capital: Quetta.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu بَلوچِسْتان (balocistān), from Baluchi بلوچِستان, or Classical Persian بَلوچِسْتَان (balōčistān). By surface analysis, Baloch + -istan.

## Common misspellings (17)
`ablochistan`, `balcohistan`, `ballochistan`, `balocchistan`, `balochhistan`, `balochisatn`, `balochisstan`, `balochistann`, `balochistna`, `balochisttan`, `balochitsan`, `balochsitan`, `balocihstan`, `balohcistan`, `baolchistan`, `bbalochistan`, `blaochistan`

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