Azerbaijan
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3.9
- proper noun
- /ˌɑːzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn/
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Azerbaiyán
- The capital city of Azerbaijan is Baku, known for its modern architecture.
- oil in Azerbaijan
- border with Azerbaijan
- republic of Azerbaijan
Just go directly from Azerbaijan to Madrid.
- Just go directly from Azerbaijan to Madrid.
- So I'm going to search Azerbaijan on Google and I'm going to go images.
- Like, I'm probably the only man from Azerbaijan that has ever served in the British Army.
- And then once we were cycling, we were always on, let me think, we were on the Asian side of the border until we got down and crossed into Azerbaijan.
- I talked to every one of them, Azerbaijan, Nepal, Tibet, Bangladesh, mainly from China.
- You know, we can't have a Russia, Ukraine or a, you know, Israel, Palestine, Gaza, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey.
- Thailand, Ukraine, Romania, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, the the list is insane.
Examples
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To increase its gas imports, Turkey signed a number of bilateral and multilateral agreements with Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.
Academic text (2000) -
Of the four republics, Azerbaijan promises to be the first to export crude through new pipelines.
Academic text (1998) -
Can we just fly commercial to Azerbaijan?
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Just go directly from Azerbaijan to Madrid.
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Like, I'm probably the only man from Azerbaijan that has ever served in the British Army.
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Our pilots would fly over Azerbaijan ...
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My great-grandfather's brave efforts to protect Azerbaijan soon caught up with him.
Fiction book (2001) -
And so we grew up in Azerbaijan, Baku, which is just north of Iran, east of Armenia.
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Central Asia: Central Asia has vast oil and gas resources, particularly in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan.
Academic text (1999) -
Hi, I'm Ryan from Texas and I'm in Baku, Azerbaijan and it's time to spin the wheel of mythicality.
Synonyms
The official name for Azerbaijan, a country in western Asia
A country in southwest Asia on the Caspian Sea
A country in southwestern Asia formerly part of the Soviet Union with capital Baku
Surface Forms
Etymology
Azerbaijan comes from old Persian parts āzar and -baijan, where āzar means 'fire', so the name is often said to mean 'land of fire' because the region had natural burning gas and people kept special fires long ago.