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Bukhara

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Bu·kha·ra  (b-kär, -är)
See Bukhoro.
Bukhara, Bokhara [bʊˈxɑːrə]
n
1. (Placename) a city in S Uzbekistan. Pop.: 220 000 (1998 est.)
2. (Placename) a former emirate of central Asia: a powerful kingdom and centre of Islam; became a territory of the Soviet Union (1920) and was divided between the former Uzbek, Tajik, and Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republics


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