Karabakh
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- proper noun
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Karabaj
- The media in Azerbaijan reports that Rubin's visit to Georgia focused on economic issues, civil freedoms, and Nagorno-Karabakh.
- Karabakh conflict
- enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh
- Nagorno-Karabakh
Examples
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The eruption of ethnic and secessionist conflicts in Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Chechnya raised Turkish concerns about their impact on stability and energy security in the Caucasus.
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Therefore, the logic of Talbott's remarks suggested that U.S. forces may participate in future peace operations, probably Nagorno-Karabakh, if the OSCE or UN authorizes it.
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In fact, even after the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, ten to twenty thousand Armenians still live in Azerbaijan.
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Secondly, we should recognize Artsakh (Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh) and have very close ties as an independent country! So help them God!
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Civil war in Georgia, Tajikistan, and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict raged in the Caucasus.
Academic text (1996) -
Azerbaijan's overriding concern at this time was the conflict in its Armenian-majority Autonomous Region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which was going badly.
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Sensing the end of the Soviet empire, the Armenian leadership launched an attempt to control Nagorno-Karabakh, an area of Armenian population lying within Azerbaijan.
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Starting in 1988, Nagorno-Karabakh's Armenian majority began to agitate for separation from Azerbaijan and union with next-door Armenia.
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The Georgian-Abkhaz fighting of 1998 with no resolution, the stasis in the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations, and the repeated instances of fighting in Central Asia in 1999 also suggest that peace cannot come strictly through the actions of the local states, but will require outside persuasion backed by force.
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The ongoing tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan revolve around the status of Karabakh.
Synonyms
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A region in the South Caucasus disputed between Armenia and Azerbaijan
A mountainous region between Armenia and Azerbaijan mostly inhabited by Armenian people and the site of a long conflict
A self-declared state in the South Caucasus that most countries do not recognize
A mostly Armenian region inside Azerbaijan that declared independence but is not recognized by most countries
Compounds
A self-declared state in the South Caucasus that most countries do not recognize
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Karabakh comes from two local words: kara meaning 'black' and bāgh meaning 'garden', so the name is like 'black garden' and points to the land and woods of the region.