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astrakhan

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as⋅tra⋅khan

  [as-truh-kuhn, -kan]
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–noun
1. a fur of young lambs, with lustrous, closely curled wool, from Astrakhan.
2. Also called astrakhan cloth. a fabric with curled pile resembling astrakhan fur.
Also, astrachan.

Origin:
1760–70

As⋅tra⋅khan

  [as-truh-kan; Russ. uh-struh-khahn]
–noun
a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, at the mouth of the Volga. 461,000.
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as·tra·khan also as·tra·chan   (ās'trə-kān', -kən)   
n.  

  1. The curly, wavy wool of young lambs from Astrakhan.

  2. A fabric with a curly looped pile, made to resemble this fur.

As·tra·khan   (ās'trə-kān', ä-strä-KHän')   
A city of southwest Russia on the Volga River delta. The Tartar city was conquered by Ivan the Terrible in 1556. Population: 501,000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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