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n. (context Cockney rhyming slang English) arse
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The name Khyber may refer to:
- The Khyber Pass, a mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan
- The Khyber Agency, part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province of Pakistan
- The Kyber Mail (newspaper), a daily newspaper that used to be published from Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
- Khyber Mail (passenger train), a passenger train in Pakistan
- Carry On... Up the Khyber, a film released in 1968, as part of the Carry On series
- " Up the Khyber," an instrumental song by the rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1969
- The underworld in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting of Eberron
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The Khyber, a multipurpose arts centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- The Khyber Arts Society, which operates the Khyber Institute of Contemporary Art at the above arts centre
Khaibar (Khaiber Khay-bar Khyber) is a village in the upper Hunza Valley of Gilgit–Baltistan in Pakistan. It is situated between Kirilgoz Peak and Shanoz Peak, below the Shaujerab Glacier, and just to the west of the Hunza River. Administratively the village governs an area of .
Both Wakhi and Burushaski speakers live in the village. The village is mostly famous for its own law made by the people and the follow it by every mean. different families resides in the valley and two members from each families are the part of the governing bodies that governs the law and these members are responsible to regulate the law within the village, and is also famous for hunting of the mountain ibex. the hunting was banned for the local people since 1991, which results in the increasing in the population of this animal and according to the people of the area this population exceeds more than five thousand. Each winter foreigners used to visit this valley for trophy hunting of the mountain ibex and pay for it, and the money is being handed over to an organization namely SKIDO(Shahi Khyber Imamabad Development Organization) which deals with the hunting in the village. this money is being used for the development work of the village like education, health care, infrastructure etc. while there is another organization SKIWO (Shahi Khyber Imamabad Welfare Organization), that works for the law regulation and welfare purposes. Both organization have their own cabinet members having chairman, presidents vice president, finance secretaries and members. The community is of the Shia Ismaili faith in Islam.
Usage examples of "khyber".
Their dark features and hair gave them a similar appearance as well, and of late Khyber was as tall as her uncle, having grown the past year, edging toward womanhood, toward the marriageable age her brother welcomed and she loathed.
The Ard Rhys herself considered him indispensable, and she had visited him many times over the years, although Khyber had never been fortunate enough to be present when she did.
In Emberen she was just Khyber to everyone she knew, not Princess or Highness or some other deferential term.
Sometimes she thought she should just cut it all off and be done with it, but her mother would have reacted to that much the same way she would have reacted if Khyber had announced she was going to marry a Troll.
The seer had been killed on the voyage, and Khyber was fairly sure he had never gotten over it.
The pair did so, and returned to find that Khyber had prepared the promised black tea and set out some cheese and bread, as well.
Both Elves seemed untroubled by the effort, but on the first evening Khyber took time to give the Dwarf and the boy a liniment she carried in her pack to ease their pain.
Elessedil had dropped back to walk beside him, letting Khyber and Tagwen go on ahead.
Pen was sitting with Khyber at the aft rail, still stewing over the way he had let himself be fooled by Gar Hatch, when he saw her.
He stopped talking in midsentence, causing Khyber, who had not been paying close attention, to look up from her writing and follow his gaze.
Pen, younger than Khyber, her slender form wrapped in something soft gray and green that might have been a long robe and shimmered like the sea.
Ahren and Khyber shared a cabin down the hall, so he was less concerned about them.
Behind him, Ahren and Khyber appeared, as well, standing in the hatchway, stopped by a wind that had begun to howl through the rigging like a banshee.
Lie for hours at a time, sometimes with Khyber, sometimes with Ahren and Tagwen, but mostly alone, he passed the time thinking of ways he could separate her from her father, bring her with him when he returned home, and build a life for the two of them.
Pen exchanged a knowing look with Khyber when Ahren told them to pack and be ready to leave when he returned.