Tashkent

[ tahsh-kent, tash-; Russian tuh-shkyent ]

noun
  1. a city in and the capital of Uzbekistan, in the NE part.

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Tashkent

/ (Russian taʃˈkjɛnt) /


noun
  1. the capital of Uzbekistan: one of the oldest and largest cities in central Asia; cotton textile manufacturing. Pop: 2 160 000 (2005 est): Uzbek name: Toshkent

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