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Ioshkar-Ola

American  
[yuh-shkahr-uh-lah] / yʌˈʃkɑr ʌˈlɑ /
Or Yoshkar-Ola

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of the Mari Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Kazan.