Azerbaijan

A·zer·bai·jan  (zr-b-jän, äzr-) 1. A historical region in present-day northwest Iran and Azerbaijan. It was settled by the Medes before the 8th century b.c. and later became a province of the Persian Empire. It became a separate kingdom after the death of Alexander the Great, but the region was much disputed and eventually conquered by Arabs (7th century), Turks (10th century), and Mongols (13th century). Persia controlled the region after 1603. 2. A country of Transcaucasia north of Iran on the Caspian Sea. It constitutes the northern part of the historical region of Azerbaijan, which was ceded to Russia by Persia in 1813 and 1828. It was a constituent republic of the USSR, known as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, from 1936 to 1991. Baku is the capital. Population: 8,120,000.

Azerbaijan

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Azerbaijan - a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet Azerbaijani Republic, Azerbajdzhan, Azerbajdzhan Republic Jayshullah - an indigenous Islamic terrorist group in Azerbaijan that attempted to bomb the United States embassy in 1999 CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 Transcaucasia - a geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and to the north of Turkey that comprises Georgia and Armenia and Azerbaijan Baku, capital of Azerbaijan - a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production

Translations

Azerbaijan [æzəbaɪˈdʒɑːn] n → Azerbaiyán m

Azerbaijan [æzəbaɪˈdʒɑːn] n → Azerbaïdjan m

Azerbaijan [æzəbaɪˈdʒɑːn] n → Aserbaidschan nt

Azerbaijan [æzəbaɪˈdʒɑːn] n → Azerbaigian m