English Explanatory Dictionary

Karabakh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia. It includes three regions: Highland Karabakh (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh), Lowland Karabakh (the southern Kura-steppes) and a part of Syunik.
  2. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

Pronunciation

/kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/

Word forms

Karabakh Karabagh Garabagh

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Караба́х (Karabáx), composed of Turkic *kara (“black”) and Persian باغ (bâġ, “garden”).

Related words

Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Artsakh
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