West Pakistan (Noun)
Meaning
A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The country of Pakistan was divided into two parts, with East Pakistan gaining independence as Bangladesh in 1971 and West Pakistan becoming the modern-day country of Pakistan.
- West Pakistan was the more populous and richer of the two parts of Pakistan before the separation.
- The capital of West Pakistan was Islamabad, which was built in the 1960s to replace Karachi as the country's capital.
- West Pakistan was separated from East Pakistan by over 1,000 miles of Indian territory.
- The government of West Pakistan was dominated by the Punjabi people, who made up the majority of the country's population.