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- proper noun A
city in the North-West Frontier Province ofPakistan and capital of the district by that name.
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Examples
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We are in disbelief that this happened in Pakistan and Abbottabad, which is such a peaceful place, he said.
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Officials said it was unlikely that the attack was linked to the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2 in the city of Abbottabad, which is not far from Charsadda.
NYT > Home Page By JANE PERLEZ 2011
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It was not known how long bin Laden had been in Abbottabad, which is less than half a days drive from the border region with Afghanistan.
Thestar.com - Home Page Nahal Toosi 2011
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It was not known how long bin Laden had been in Abbottabad, which is less than half a day's drive from the border region with Afghanistan.
Thestar.com - Home Page Nahal Toosi 2011
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The SEALs' destination was a house in the small city of Abbottabad, which is about a hundred and twenty miles across the Pakistan border.
The New Yorker Nicholas Schmidle 2011
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Rather, the spy chief, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, blamed an intelligence failure for the presence of Osama bin Laden in the city of Abbottabad, which is home to a top military academy and where the leader of Al Qaeda was killed in an American raid on May 2.
NYT > Home Page By JANE PERLEZ 2011
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It took the team of CIA officers and Navy SEALs carrying out the operation no more than 40 minutes to kill bin Laden in the compound in Abbottabad, which is close to Pakistan's capital of Islamabad.
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John Yoo has it right, as far as he goes " From Guantanamo to Abbottabad ," op-ed, May 4.
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Sitting in the White House Situation Room, he followed the fate of the SEALs he sent into Abbottabad to take down Osama bin Laden.
Killing bin Laden Daniel Henninger 2011
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Yazid, based in the northwest tribal areas of Pakistan, sent outgoing orders to commanders in Pakistan or affiliates in other countries, and relayed their messages to bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad near Pakistan's capital.
New Details In The Bin Laden Docs: Portrait Of A Fugitive Micro-Manager The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
sionnach commented on the word Abbottabad
A recent article by Stephen Moss in "The Guardian" suggests this as a candidate for the worst poem ever written, commenting:
"One begins to suspect satirical intent – or perhaps brain damage."
Does Major Abbott out-Mcgonagall Mcgonagall? You be the judge:
Abbottabad text
May 3, 2011
marky commented on the word Abbottabad
funny.
May 3, 2011
yarb commented on the word Abbottabad
Definitely up there with WTM!
May 3, 2011
blafferty commented on the word Abbottabad
Wow. I know people who write poems like that. And brag about them. Gah.
May 3, 2011