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Uz⋅bek

[ooz-bek, uhz-, ooz-bek]
–noun, plural -beks, (especially collectively) -bek.
1. a member of a town-dwelling Turkic people of Turkestan and Uzbekistan.
2. the Turkic language of the Uzbeks.
Also, Usbeg, Usbek, Uzbeg.
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Uz·bek   (ŏŏz'běk', ŭz'-)   
n.   pl. Uzbeks or Uz·bek
  1. A member of a Turkic people inhabiting Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.

  2. The Turkic language of the Uzbeks.


[Russian, from Uzbek ŭzbek.]
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