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Baku

American

[buh-koo] / bʌˈku /

noun

a city in and the capital of Azerbaijan, in the E part, on the Caspian Sea.

Baku British

/ baˈku /

noun

the capital of Azerbaijan, a port on the Caspian Sea: important for its extensive oilfields. Pop: 1 830 000 (2005 est)

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Instead, the club are expected to play their matches at the Olympic Stadium in Baku.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

A few weeks before Robert arrived in Baku, Mr. Brunt relates, the czar had “set more than 3,000 acres of prime oil lands for auction to private speculators.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

On arriving in Baku, in today’s Azerbaijan, Robert found a land saturated in oil but lacking the capital and the technology to take advantage of it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

The pair are set to return to France on Wednesday after spending the evening in the capital of Baku, according to the same source, though no further details were provided.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

Aptly, it had its first performance in Baku, capital of Soviet Azerbaijan and home to the Caspian fleet.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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