Balochistan

Alternative forms

• Baluchistan
• Beloochistan archaic

Full definition of Balochistan

Proper noun

1. An region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea, dominated by desert and mountains, composed of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a very small section of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people.
2. A province of Pakistan which has Quetta as its capital.

Related terms

• Baloch, Balochi