English

Proper noun

Affghanistan

1. Archaic spelling of Afghanistan.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 1

     BLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANISTAN

   • 1873 (Jun), "Our Coming Guest", Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 715

     The line of conduct we have pursued for the last forty years in dealing with Affghanistan and Persia has been most injudicious.