Kazan

[kuh-zan, kuh-zahn, kuh-zahn]

noun

1. Elia 1909–2003, U.S. film and stage director and novelist, born in Turkey.

2. a city in and capital of the Tatar Autonomous Republic in the SE Russian Federation in Europe, near the Volga River.

3. a river in S Nunavut, Canada, flowing N and NE to Baker Lake. 455 miles (732 km) long.

Kazan

¹

/ -ˈzɑːn, kaˈzanj, kəˈzæn /

noun

1. a city in W Russia, capital of the Tatar Autonomous Republic on the River Volga: capital of an independent khanate in the 15th century; university (1804); a major industrial centre. Pop: 1 108 000 (2005 est)

Kazan

²

/ kəˈzɑːn /

noun

1. Elia (ˈiːljə), real name Elia Kazanjoglous 1909–2003, US stage and film director and writer, born in Turkey. His films include Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and On the Waterfront (1954) for both of which he won Oscars, and East of Eden (1955).

Example Sentences

Kazan, while not heavily engaged in national political battles beyond cannabis, has been a proponent of pardons for those serving long prison sentences for nonviolent drug crimes.

From Los Angeles Times

Her family soon moved to Kazan in southern Russia where she studied music, before moving to the Moscow Conservatoire in 1954.

From BBC

Zoe Kazan created a stir this week by candidly discussing her grandfather, Elia Kazan, and his decision to name actors who had been fellow communists.

From Los Angeles Times

No actor could vanquish the memory preserved for posterity in Elia Kazan’s film.

From Los Angeles Times

Elsewhere, a gas storage site near Kazan was struck in a drone attack in the southwestern region of Tatarstan, local officials said, without reporting any casualties.

From BBC