Abakan

American

[ah-buh-kahn, uh-buh-kahn] / ˈɑ bəˈkɑn, ʌ bʌˈkɑn /

noun

a city in and the capital of the Khakass Autonomous Region in the Russian Federation in Asia, on the Yenisei River.

Abakan British

/ abaˈkan /

noun

a city in S central Russia, capital of the Khakass Republic, at the confluence of the Yenisei and Abakan Rivers. Pop: 167 000 (2005 est)

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Abakan or Abachan ought to be written Alahan.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

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