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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.


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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It would take time, however, to determine who they were, as the commission will need to ascertain whether the identity tags and Kuban shield actually belong to the two soldiers found.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

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

The head of the Union’s youth wing, Tilman Kuban, said that “we lost the election, period.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 28, 2021

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

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