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Dagestan

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Da·ge·stan  (däg-stän, dg-stn)
An autonomous republic of southwest Russia bordering on the Caspian Sea. Settled in the first millennium b.c., it was ceded to Russia by Persia in 1813.
Dage·stani (-stän, -stn) adj. & n.
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