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Tashkent
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Tash·kent  (tsh-knt, täsh-)
The capital and largest city of Uzbekistan in the foothills of the Tian Shan. One of the oldest cities of central Asia, it was ruled by Arabs and then Turks until 1865, when it was annexed by Russia. In 1930 it replaced Samarqand as the capital of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. Population: 1,970,000.
Tashkent (Russian) [taʃˈkjɛnt]
n
(Placename) the capital of Uzbekistan: one of the oldest and largest cities in central Asia; cotton textile manufacturing. Pop.: 2 124 000 (1998 est.)
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Noun1.Tashkent - the capital of UzbekistanTashkent - the capital of Uzbekistan            
capital of Uzbek, Taskent
Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan, Uzbek - a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet
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