Bukhara
Americannoun
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a former state in SW Asia: now incorporated into Uzbekistan.
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a city in SW Uzbekistan, W of Samarkand.
noun
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a city in S Uzbekistan. Pop: 299 000 (2005 est)
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a former emirate of central Asia: a powerful kingdom and centre of Islam; became a territory of the Soviet Union (1920) and was divided between the former Uzbek, Tajik, and Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republics
Example Sentences
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The trial, conducted in the city of Bukhara, started on Nov. 28 and most of the sessions were broadcast live to the press room at the court building and online.
From Reuters • Jan. 31, 2023
In the late 19th century, a German traveler to Bukhara recorded 96 dyeing workshops near Samarkand and 270 in the Ferghana Valley, where the borders of modern Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan interlock.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022
For Tajiks, perhaps the worst example of capricious Soviet demarcation was the decision to attach Bukhara and Samarkand, which had Persian-speaking majorities, to the Soviet Socialist Republic of Uzbekistan in 1924.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022
Chusovitina was born in the Uzbek city Bukhara.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2021
Jack Allison wore that same bracelet, unless I'm much mistaken, on his way down in disguise from Bukhara.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot
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