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graveyard of empires

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
grave-yard of em-pires
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Afghanistan.

name

Alternative letter-case form of Graveyard of Empires.

Etymology

From the several historical instances of foreign powers (namely, the British Empire, Soviet Union and United States) having been unable to achieve military victory in Afghanistan in the modern period, and as a result, collapsed or significantly weakened thereafter.

Inflected Forms

the Graveyard of Empires (canonical)

Questions

What does graveyard of empires mean?
Afghanistan.
Where does graveyard of empires come from?
From the several historical instances of foreign powers (namely, the British Empire, Soviet Union and United States) having been unable to achieve military victory in Afghanistan in the modern period, and as a result, collapsed or significantly weakened thereafter.

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