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nagorno-karabakh

/nəˌɡɔːnəʊ kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables
nagorno-karabakh
IPA
/nəˌɡɔːnəʊ kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A landlocked region in South Caucasus.

Uncountable

name

The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian нагорно-караба́хский (nagorno-karabáxskij) (without the adjectival ending), the relational adjective of Russian Наго́рный Караба́х (Nagórnyj Karabáx), as in Russian Наго́рно-Караба́хская автоно́мная о́бласть (Nagórno-Karabáxskaja avtonómnaja óblastʹ, “Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: нагорно-караба́хский, Наго́рный Караба́х

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /nəˌɡɔːnəʊ kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Nagorny Karabakh (alternative)

Phrases

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Lower Karabakh

Frequently Paired Words

Karabakh Lower Karabakh

Synonyms

Artsakh Mountainous Karabakh

Questions

How do you pronounce nagorno-karabakh?
The recorded pronunciation is /nəˌɡɔːnəʊ kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/.
What does nagorno-karabakh mean?
A landlocked region in South Caucasus.
Where does nagorno-karabakh come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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