Bukhara

[ boo-kahr-uh, boo-; Russian boo-khah-ruh ]

noun

1. a former state in SW Asia: now incorporated into Uzbekistan.
2. a city in SW Uzbekistan, W of Samarkand.

Bukhara

/ bʊˈxɑːrə /

noun

1. a city in S Uzbekistan. Pop: 299 000 (2005 est)
2. a former emirate of central Asia: a powerful kingdom and centre of Islam; became a territory of the Soviet Union (1920) and was divided between the former Uzbek, Tajik, and Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republics

Example Sentences

He inherits his exogamous class, say Bukhara, from his father, and he must marry a woman of Class Kumara.

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The hardships of the journey from Karshi to Bukhara were great—a bare sandy desert, great heat, very little and very bad water.

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Bukhara is the remoter focus of all these routes, and also of the valley highways of the western Tian Shan.

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Bukhara budayi (Bokhara wheat) is considered the finest; it has a long, thin, and reddish grain, with a greenish top.

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The big blue plums of Bukhara are celebrated through the whole of Asia.

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