[buh-koo] 
| a city in and the capital of Azerbaijan, in the E part, on the Caspian Sea. 1,022,000; with suburbs, 1,550,000. |
[ah-zer-bahy-jahn, az-er-bahy-jan; Russ. uh-zyir-bahy-jahn] | 1. | 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. |
| 2. | 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). |
| Ba·ku (bä-kōō') The capital of Azerbaijan on the western shore of the Caspian Sea. Frequently under Persian rule, the city was annexed by Russia in 1806. It has been a center of oil production since the 1870s. In 1990 it was the scene of fierce fighting between Soviet forces and secessionist rebels. Population: 1,130,000. |
zər