Bukhara
Americannoun
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a former state in SW Asia: now incorporated into Uzbekistan.
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a city in SW Uzbekistan, W of Samarkand.
noun
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a city in S Uzbekistan. Pop: 299 000 (2005 est)
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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
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The trial, conducted in the city of Bukhara, started on Nov. 28 and most of the sessions were broadcast live to the press room at the court building and online.
From Reuters ● Jan. 31, 2023
Chusovitina was born in the Uzbek city Bukhara.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2021
Mirziyoyev has expressed hope of bringing prosperity by opening it up after decades of isolation under Karimov, including by attracting tourists to the blue-domed medieval Silk Road cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva.
From Reuters ● Apr. 9, 2021
For me, as someone who grew up in Delhi, the names of this region’s fabled caravan towns — Samarkand and Bukhara — were the most evocative of the Silk Road.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
Some time after this cruel murder, a clergyman, named Joseph Wolff, arrived at Bukhara.
From Far Off by Favell Lee Mortimer
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