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Baku

[ buh-koo ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Azerbaijan, in the E part, on the Caspian Sea.


Baku

/ baˈku /

noun

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


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Avaz Shikhmammadov-Hafizli, a 24-year-old journalist and LGBTQ activist was found stabbed to death last week near the capital, Baku, according to a spokesperson for the Azerbaijan Attorney General’s Office and Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Swiss squad will need to make multiple trips to Baku, with visits to Rome and Amsterdam, totalling 12,662 miles of travel if they reach the quarterfinals.

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He is being held in pretrial detention in Baku and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.

But our radio wasn't working, so we couldn't buzz Baku to tell them.

They are quite charming people, and their little flat was open to us all the time we were at Baku.

Mrs. Wynne and Mr. Bevan have gone on ahead to Baku, but I must wait for my damaged car.

We went to see the oil city at Baku, and one day we motored to the far larger one further out.

From Baku, the terminus of their railways in the Caucasus, it was easy to ferry troops across the Caspian.

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