Baku

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A city on the Caspian Sea with many oil companies

proper noun
/bɑːˈkuː/

: Bakú

So the people of Baku suddenly woke up to their rather dire situation.
Baku-Ceyhan
Baku-Tbilisi
Baku-Ceyhan pipeline

So selling one of my trophies and just after, after these tragic events in Baku.

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Examples

We left Baku with guns pointed at us, chased by communist thugs.

Fiction book (2002)
Visitors can enjoy a beautiful walk along the Caspian Sea promenade in Baku.
I told Miss King to stay at the office in Baku.

The World Is Not Enough (1999)
There must be some train to Baku.

Reds (1981)
Over the next eight hours, my men and I moved fifty miles south of Baku.

Fiction book (2001)
A century ago, its capital, Baku, was the center of an oil boom and the world's number one oil provider.

Academic text (1998)
Elektra King is calling from Baku.

The World Is Not Enough (1999)
And so we grew up in Azerbaijan, Baku, which is just north of Iran, east of Armenia.
When I was in kindergarten, my class visited Lenin's Museum in the heart of Baku.

Fiction book (2001)
In 1920, the Bolsheviks marched into Baku, seized the oil companies, and kicked out the owners, including the Kahans.

Fiction book (2002)

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Baku probably comes from the Persian Bādkube, where bād means 'wind' and the name originally suggested a place 'where the wind blows'. This fits the city by the Caspian Sea, which is famous for its strong winds.