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Definition of Azerbaijan

1. Noun. A landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet.

Definition of Azerbaijan

1. Proper noun. a country in West Asia; official name: Republic of Azerbaijan ¹

2. Proper noun. Iranian Azerbaijan ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Azerbaijan

Literary usage of Azerbaijan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Playing the "Communal Card": Communal Violence and Human Rights by Cynthia G. Brown, Farhad Karim (1995)
"In 1993, the war outgrew Nagorno-Karabakh itself, with almost all the fighting spilling over into Azerbaijan proper as Karabakh Armenian ..."

2. Central Asia and the World: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan by Michael Mandelbaum (1994)
"Azerbaijan is a nation divided in two, with the independent Republic of Azerbaijan ... A mere six million Azeris live in independent Azerbaijan, versus some ..."

3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1864)
"Extracts from a Memorandum on the Country of Azerbaijan. ... THE country known to the Persians as Azerbaijan is divided between them and Russia, ..."

4. Landmine Monitor Report 1999: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines (1999)
"Nagorny-Karabakh is an autonomous region of western Azerbaijan but the majority of the ... As a result of the conflict, western Azerbaijan is plagued with ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1864)
"Extracts from a Memorandum on the Country of Azerbaijan. ... THE country known to the Persians as Azerbaijan is divided between them and Russia, ..."

6. Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-Free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (2000)
"Azerbaijan Key developments since March 1999: As of March 2000, the civilian Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action had developed a National Mine Action ..."

7. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"Azerbaijan, the Tatar republic, ice May 26, 1918, when the Transcaucasian proclaimed its own dissolution, there have 1 three independent republics in what ..."

8. Human Rights Watch World Report 1997 by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch Staff (1996)
"The Armenian Ministry of Defense continued illegally to draft refugees from Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh into the army and refused to give draft-age boys ..."

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