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Islamabad

Islamabad

30 3.3
The capital city of Pakistan in the north on a high flat area
  • proper noun
  • /ˌɪslɑːməˈbɑːd/
: Islamabad
  • Riyadh maintains a very close relationship with the heads of Islamabad's military and intelligence services.
  • Islamabad, Pakistan
  • visit to Islamabad
  • Islamabad government

So if you go to Tobio, Islamabad, it's same day visa.

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Examples

  • The significance of those events in Islamabad in late 2007 is, in some ways, both striking and straightforward.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Nevertheless, it appears unlikely that Islamabad will yield to Washington's demands.

    Academic text (2012)

  • To be sure, Washington should not hand Islamabad a free pass.

    Academic text (2012)

  • We are sending him back to Islamabad tonight.

    A Mighty Heart (2007)

  • I stood there in the office in Islamabad and I said, "How much do you need?"

    Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

  • The federal capital of Islamabad is also adjacent to the district in the south.

    Academic text (2015)

  • When he was a teenager, his father moved the family to Islamabad to work at the embassy there.

    Unthinkable (2010)

  • I'm calling from the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, regarding your daughter.

    Chocolate Man (2019)

  • The sukuk securitization is backed by the 250-mile Islamabad-Lahore motorway, also known as M-2 within Pakistan.

    Academic text (2012)

  • We are sending him back to Islamabad tonight.

Surface Forms

Islamabad main

Etymology

Islamabad is made of two parts: Islam, the religion, and abad, a Persian word meaning 'city' or 'settlement'. So Islamabad literally means 'city of Islam', and the -abad ending appears in other cities like Hyderabad and Ahmedabad, which helps explain why it is the name of Pakistan's capital.