Uzbekistan
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- proper noun
- /ʊzˈbɛkɪstæn/
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Uzbekistán
- I remember one of our first trips we made was to Uzbekistan and Tasha Kent, the capital of Uzbekistan, which in those days was the Soviet Republic.
- Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
- Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
- Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld comes out to Uzbekistan several weeks later.
- Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld comes out to Uzbekistan several weeks later.
- All around your country is Uzbekistan.
- Wow, Uzbekistan, you know, it's awesome.
- So all of a sudden I'm looking through these IDs and China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Iran.
- The interesting part in the Uzbekistan pieces, the Taliban is paying them off and clearing those debts.
Examples
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The stunning architecture of Samarkand in Uzbekistan attracts many tourists every year.
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Yes, he was born in Uzbekistan, but he became a proud American citizen 2 years ago.
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Originally I was born in Uzbekistan, and then I moved Russia and I lived there for about 10 years or something.
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And despite the conditions, she recently extended her stay in Uzbekistan for another six months.
Academic text (1999) -
Wow, Uzbekistan, you know, it's awesome.
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Because Turkey has not been able to fully support Uzbekistan, other countries are beginning to stake claims.
Academic text (1994) -
The ambassador from Uzbekistan has just agreed to buy the school.
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In contrast, she says, many in Uzbekistan are still weighed down by Soviet-era psychology.
Academic text (1999) -
Pakistan agreed to construct four highways in Afghanistan and one in Uzbekistan to improve its links with Central Asia.
Academic text (1996) -
Immediate attention must be focused on both Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan as co-stabilizers of the region.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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A landlocked country in Central Asia
A country in Central Asia with no sea coast that used to be part of the Soviet Union
Compounds
A violent religious group from Uzbekistan that uses terror and deals in drugs
A country in Central Asia with no sea coast that used to be part of the Soviet Union
Surface Forms
Morphology
Uzbekistan = Uzbek (transparent) = uzbek + istan
The name is directly formed from the ethnonym 'Uzbek' plus the country-forming suffix '-istan', so its meaning 'land of the Uzbeks' is directly recoverable.
Etymology
The word Uzbekistan comes from Uzbek, the name of the main people, plus the Persian ending -istan, which means 'land'. The name Uzbek comes from a Turkic word often said to mean 'independent', so Uzbekistan literally means 'land of the Uzbeks' and points to the people who live there.