Makhachkala
proper noun
- city in the south of Russia
Wiktionary
name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Махачкала́ (Maxačkalá), in turn from Avar Махӏачхъала (Maḥʳačqxala, literally “Mahach fort, named after Mahach (d. 1918), an Avar Bolshevik”).
- The capital and largest city of Daghestan, Russia.