Uzbek

[ ooz-bek, uhz-, ooz-bek ]

noun

, plural Uz·beks, (especially collectively) Uz·bek.

1. a member of a town-dwelling Turkic people of Turkestan and Uzbekistan.
2. the Turkic language of the Uzbeks.

Uzbek

/ ˈʌz-; ˈʊzbɛk /

noun

1. -beks-bek a member of a Mongoloid people of Uzbekistan
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family

Example Sentences

On the southern, Uzbek side, however, the sea dried up that much faster.

From The Daily Beast

Dostum famously led Uzbek cavalry charges supported by U.S. B-52 bombers to defeat the Taliban.

From The Daily Beast

A spokesman for the Uzbek embassy in Washington did not return a call Wednesday seeking comment of the human-rights report.

From The Daily Beast

This means disrupting the process in Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazari Shia towns and villages, not just in the Pashtun south and east.

From The Daily Beast

In one respect he says that the habits of Uzbek children are superior to those of young Britons.

From Project Gutenberg

About eight miles beyond Jirghan the Uzbek population ceases.

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Extract from Burnes's description of the Uzbek chief of Kunduz.

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But he was induced by the astrologers, against his own judgment, to advance beyond it to attack the Uzbek army.

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In his eyes merit was merit, whether evinced by a Hindu prince or by an Uzbek Musalmn.

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