Kazan

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a cauldron or cooking pot used in Central Asian cuisine

    "A proper kazan also has to be well greased by constant use — it should never be washed with water, or, God forbid, actually scrubbed and scoured. The Uzbeks just wipe it carefully with an oiled cloth; and they will insist and I will second this — that the older the kazan, the better the pilaf."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    the Khanate of Kazan, a Tatar Turkic state that occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552. historical

Synonyms

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elia kazanjoglous

Example

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"The World Football Championship will take place in Kazan."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian каза́н (kazán), from a Turkic language. Cognate with Azerbaijani qazan, Kazakh қазан (qazan), Turkish kazan, Uzbek qozon.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian Каза́нь (Kazánʹ).

Etymology 3

Various origins: * Borrowed from Hebrew חַזָּן (khazán, “Jewish cantor”), an occupational surname. * Borrowed from Turkish Kazan, a metonymic occupational surname from kazan (“kettle, boiler, cauldron”). * Borrowed from Greek Καζάν (Kazán), a metonymic occupational surname that derives from the same Turkish word.

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cooking pot

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