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Afghanistan

Name: Afghanistan
Address: AF

33.0000°N 66.0000°E · Q889

One English word in this atlas traces back to Afghanistan. It sits in Afghanistan.

All of Afghanistan

Pinned here

afghannoun · 19th century

Well attested

The blanket is named for a country it was never made in.

English named the woollen covering after Afghanistan, by analogy with imported shawls and rugs. The craft became a domestic one in Britain and North America.

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