Karabakh

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Караба́х (Karabáx), composed of Turkic *kara (“black”) and Persian باغ‎ (bâğ, “garden”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/

Proper noun

Karabakh

  1. A historically Armenian-populated geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura and Araks. It includes three regions: Highland Karabakh (the ancient Armenian province of Artsakh, and later the kingdom of Caucasian Albania; now present-day Nagorno-Karabakh), Lowland Karabakh (the southern Kura-steppes) and a part of Syunik.

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