Nagorno-Karabakh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A landlocked region in South Caucasus.
  2. The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

Pronunciation

/nəˌɡɔːnəʊ kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nagorno-Karabakh.wav

Word forms

Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorny Karabakh

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian нагорно-караба́хский (nagorno-karabáxskij) (without the adjectival ending), the relational adjective of Russian Наго́рный Караба́х (Nagórnyj Karabáx), as in Russian Наго́рно-Караба́хская автоно́мная о́бласть (Nagórno-Karabáxskaja avtonómnaja óblastʹ, “Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast”).

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