Uzbekistan

//ʊzˌbɛkɪˈstɑːn// name

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  1. 1
    A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent.

    "Several officers are going to train border police in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which border Afghanistan, and in several other countries."

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republic of uzbekistanuzbek

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"Uzbekistan is called "O'zbekiston" in Uzbek."

Etymology

From Russian Узбекистан (Uzbekistan), itself from Classical Persian اُزْبَکِسْتَان (uzbakistān). Ultimately uncertain; possibly from Turkic uz (“genuine”) + Sogdian [Term?] (/⁠bek⁠/, “master”) (for the second element, see Turkish bey). The suffix is known to be from Classical Persian ـِستان (istān, “place of”). By surface analysis, Uzbek + -i- + -stan.

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Uzbekistan Timerepublic of uzbekistanuzbek ssr

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