Ashgabat

American  

[ahsh-guh-bahd, ash-guh-bad] / ˈɑʃ gəˌbɑd, ˈæʃ gəˌbæd /

Also Ashkhabad

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Turkmenistan, in the S central part, near the Iranian border.

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Example Sentences

The saxaul is also being used to protect the capital Ashgabat, where "environmental activists have planted more than 50 hectares of saxaul on the edge of the desert," Arazmedov said.

From Barron's

The suspension of flights between the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat and Moscow would be in place until Oct.

From Seattle Times

He has made only one foreign trip since the start of the war — visiting Tajikistan and then going on to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in June for a summit of the five states bordering the Caspian sea, where, once again, he conspicuously kept a great distance from his counterparts, seated around an enormous round table.

From Washington Post

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a news briefing ahead of Caspian Summit in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan June 28, 2022.

From Reuters

At the summit in Ashgabat, Putin and other participants didn’t mention the war in Ukraine in their public comments.

From Seattle Times