# Gandhara

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. An ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
2. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in northwestern Pakistan.
3. North-West Frontier Province, proposed as a rename before Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was chosen in 2010. Was favoured by some due to its lack of ethnic connotations.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गन्धार (gandhāra).

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