Definition of "Herat"

Herat

proper noun
1. A city, the capital of Herat province, Afghanistan, dating back to Avestan times.
  Quotations
  He [...] told her that Herat, the city where Mariam was born, in 1959, had once been the cradle of Persian culture, the home of writers, painters, and Sufis.
  2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 5
2. A province of Afghanistan.
  Quotations
  Shortly before they cross the border into Herat, they pass an Afghan refugee camp.
  2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 381