Kuban

American  

[koo-ban, koo-bahn] / kuˈbæn, kuˈbɑn /

noun

1. a river flowing NW from the Caucasus Mountains to the Black and the Azov seas. 512 miles (825 km) long.

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Kuban British  

/ kuˈbanj /

noun

1. a river in SW Russia, rising in the Caucasus Mountains and flowing north and northwest to the Sea of Azov. Length: 906 km (563 miles)

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Example Sentences

Veniamin Kondratyev, the head of the regional government, said the Ukrainians drones had targeted two oil refineries, a bitumen plant, and a military airfield in Kuban.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2024

In southern Russia, the storm sent waves flooding into the beach resort of Sochi, tore the roof off a five-story building in Anapa and damaged homes and schools in Kuban, the state news agency said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Dinosaur tracks “are quite a bit more common” than dinosaur bones, Kuban said, though much of the early research done by paleontologists focused on bones.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022

Last fall on the website Serious Eats, the New York pizza historians Ed Levine, Adam Kuban and Scott Wiener announced a “new golden age” for New York-style pizza, with a list of 27 supporting slices.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2019

From April until July 1943 they flew their aggressive missions from a base in a village near Krasnodar, a city on the Kuban River.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein