south Asian nation formed 1947 by division of British India, the name apparently proposed 1930s by Muslim students at Cambridge University, first element said to be an acronym from Punjab, Afghanistan and Kashmir, three regions envisioned as forming the new state, which also made a play on Iranian pak "pure." For second element, see -stan. Related: Pakistani (1941).
例文
1. Nothing seems certain in this crucial period in Pakistan 's political life.
パキスタン政治の歴史上のこの瀬戸際では、すべてが定数ではない。
2.The polls have closed in the Pakistan parliamentary elections.
パキスタン議会選挙の投票が終了しました。/
3.He helped to recruit volunteers to go to Pakistan to fight.
パキスタンでのボランティア募集に協力した。
4.It was a Labour government which granted independence to India and Pakistan .
は労働党政府がインドとパキスタンの独立に同意した。
5.The aid allocation for Pakistan was still under review.