Definition of Kazan

1. Noun. United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003).


2. Noun. An industrial city in the European part of Russia.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Russia, Russian Federation

Definition of Kazan

1. Proper noun. City in Russia, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kazan

Kayleigh
Kayley
Kaylie
Kayser
Kayser-Fleischer ring
Kayunga
Kazak
Kazakh
Kazakh SSR
Kazakhs
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstani
Kazakhstani monetary unit
Kazakhstanis
Kazakstan
Kazan (current term)
Kazanjian
Kazanjian's operation
Kazbek
Kazi
Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich
Kazis
Kd
KeV
Kean
Keane
Keanes
Keano
Keara

Literary usage of Kazan

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

1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain). (1907)
"85 Rus. Казань [Journal médical de Kazan. Kazan]. ... Kazan]. Arbeiten der Versuchsstation für Molke- 1272 Ger. ..."

2. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"The khanat of Kazan on the Volga supplanted the old kingdom of White Bulgaria. ... Of these Crim and Kazan were immediate neighbours of the Muscovite ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"Kazan, with the neighboring governments of Pensa, Simbirsk, Viat- ka, ... Kazan was destroyed by fire in 1815 and again in 1842, but it has risen from its ..."

4. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum by Bernard Barham Woodward (1904)
"[Contributions to the geology of the Viatka government] 3 Pt. See Kazan. ... i Kazan'yu. [Geological investigations on the Volga between ..."

5. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900 by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1912)
"Kazan. 1883—90. [Continued of: Bulletin de la Société Physico-Mathématique de Kasan, 1891—] RS Transactions of the Naturalists' Society of the Imperial ..."

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