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Uzbekistan

proper noun

  1. sovereign state in Central Asia
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʊzˌbɛkɪˈstɑːn/ / /-stæn/ / /ɵzˌbɛkɪˈstɑːn/

name

Etymology: From Russian Узбекистан (Uzbekistan), itself from Classical Persian اُزْبَکِسْتَان (uzbakistān). Ultimately uncertain; possibly from Turkic uz (“genuine”) + Sogdian [Term?] (/⁠bek⁠/, “master”) (for the second element, see Turkish bey). The suffix is known to be from Classical Persian ـِستان (istān, “place of”). By surface analysis, Uzbek + -i- + -stan.

  1. A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent.

    “Several officers are going to train border police in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which border Afghanistan, and in several other countries.”

    “She wore a coat made of old cloth from Uzbekistan called a suzani, which was faded black with embroidered red circles and yellow and white zigzags.”