Uzbekistan

Uz·bek·i·stan  (z-bk-stn, -stän, z-) Formerly also Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. A country of west-central Asia. Settled in ancient times, it was conquered by Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and Tamerlane and finally overrun by Uzbek peoples in the early 16th century. Russia conquered the area in the 19th century. Split into various administrative territories after 1917, it was consolidated as a constituent republic of the USSR in 1924. Uzbekistan declared its independence in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Tashkent is the capital and the largest city. Population: 27,800,000.

Uzbekistan

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Uzbekistan [ˌʌzbɛkɪˈstɑːn]

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(Placename) a republic in central Asia: annexed by Russia in the 19th century, it became a separate Soviet Socialist republic in 1924 and gained independence in 1991; mining, textile, and chemical industries are important. Official language: Uzbek. Religion: believers are mainly Muslim. Currency: sum. Capital: Tashkent. Pop.: 25 155 000 (2001 est.). Area: 449 600 sq. km (173 546 sq. miles)

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Uzbekistan - a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbek IMU, Islamic Group of Uzbekistan, Islamic Party of Turkestan - a terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996; opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia; is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries 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 capital of Uzbek, Tashkent, Taskent - the capital of Uzbekistan Samarcand, Samarkand - city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century Kizil Kum, Kyzyl Kum, Qizil Qum - a desert in Uzbekistan to the southeast of the Aral Sea Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations

Translations

Uzbekistan

n → Usbekistan nt

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