Kush
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- proper noun
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Kush
- Lapis blocks brought from the Hindu Kush mountains, for example, were cut into smaller chunks and sent on to Mesopotamia and as far west as Syria.
- Hindu Kush
Examples
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To the north lie the open steppes; in the south, the jagged peaks of the distant Hindu Kush mountain range rear up in the haze.
Academic text (2011) -
To do so, he would first have to cross the Hindu Kush mountains and reach the Indus River Valley.
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It's from the mountains of the Hindu Kush where I was born.
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It's a tiny mountain nation in the middle of the Hindu Kush range.
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We'll be watching the debates from the shadows of the Hindu Kush.
Blog text (7) -
"We can't even keep our children alive," he says, looking at the snow-capped Hindu Kush Mountains in the distance.
Blog text (28) -
Christmas in Kabul had exactly the right atmosphere, enhanced by deep snow outside, the moonlight gleaming on the distant Hindu Kush.
Fiction book (2000) -
We’ll move west along the 35th parallel into the Hindu Kush, then north to the valley of the Amu Darya River.
Fiction book (2000) -
Consulting the film's publicist, a fount of information, I have learned that the black tulip, blooming under the harshest conditions in the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountain regions of Afghanistan, is a symbol of the nation's spirit.
Blog text (16) -
The climbers faced harsh conditions as they ascended the steep slopes of the Kush mountains.
Synonyms
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A mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan west of the Himalayas
A mountain range west of the Himalayas in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kush in the mountain name Hindu Kush comes from local place names and brings to mind high, snowy, hard-to-cross peaks, so Kush here refers to a mountain range.