Baku

American  

[buh-koo] / bʌˈku /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Azerbaijan, in the E part, on the Caspian Sea.

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Baku British  

/ baˈku /

noun

1. the capital of Azerbaijan, a port on the Caspian Sea: important for its extensive oilfields. Pop: 1 830 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

He closed in on Sainz, and crossed the line 0.6secs behind the Spaniard, for whom a second podium to follow the one in Baku was an extraordinary feat.

From BBC

This could anger poorer countries who want stronger support from richer nations and heavily criticised a deal at last year's COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, which they considered paltry.

From BBC

Baku said an Iskander-type missile had destroyed part of its compound and summoned Moscow's envoy.

From Barron's

In fact, only 53 countries are sending their leaders, short of the roughly 80 that were in Baku, Azerbaijan, last year and 150 in Dubai the year before.

From The Wall Street Journal

An odor of oil hung over last year's UN climate conference in Baku, capital of fossil fuel-rich Azerbaijan.

From Barron's