Baku

[buh-koo]

noun

a city in and the capital of Azerbaijan, in the E part, on the Caspian Sea. 1,022,000; with suburbs, 1,550,000.

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Also, Az·er·bai·dzhan. Formerly, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in Transcaucasia, N of Iran and W of the Caspian Sea. 7,735,918; 33,430 sq. mi. (86,600 sq. km). Capital: Baku.

a region of NW Iran, divided into two provinces in 1938: East Azerbaijan (4,114,084; Capital: Tabriz) and West Azerbaijan (1,971,677; Capital: Orumiyeh).

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Baku or Bakı (Russian baˈku)

—n
	the capital of Azerbaijan, a port on the Caspian Sea: important for its extensive oilfields. Pop: 1 830 000 (2005 est)

Bakı or Bakı

—n

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