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Ashkhabad

American  
[ahsh-kuh-bahd, uhsh-khuh-baht] / ˌɑʃ kəˈbɑd, ʌʃ xʌˈbɑt /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Turkmenistan, in the southern part.


Ashkhabad British  
/ ɑʃɡɑˈbɑt, ˈɑːʃɡəbæt, aʃxaˈbat /

noun

  1. the capital of Turkmenistan. Pop: 598 000 (2005 est)

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The challenge of getting cozy with dictators was starkly illustrated in the Turkmen capital of Ashkhabad.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2015

President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov personally approves all the marble used in Ashkhabad architecture.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2015

Massive cities - including Istanbul, Tehran, Tabriz and Ashkhabad - are situated on some of the most dangerous land on Earth.

From BBC • May 1, 2015

The game between Alma Ata and Ashkhabad reached a point where, if either of the teams scored two more goals, Tashkent would lose this edge.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Soviets, meanwhile, lodged a protest of their own, accusing Peter Harm, Moscow correspondent of Business Week, of vandalizing his hotel room in Ashkhabad two months ago.

From Time Magazine Archive