English Explanatory Dictionary

Derbent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Dagestan, Russia.
  2. Various places in Turkey
  3. Various places in Turkey:
  4. A town and district of Konya Province, Turkey.

Word forms

Derbent Derbend Darband

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دربند (Derbend, Derbent), from Persian دربند (darband, literally “bar of a door, bolt; a barrier”), from در (dar, “door, gate, passage”) + بند (band, “band, tie, fastening”).

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