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Kazbek

American  
[kahz-bek, kuhz-byek] / kɑzˈbɛk, kʌzˈbjɛk /
Or Kasbek

noun

  1. Mount, an extinct volcano in the central Caucasus Mountains, between the Georgian Republic and the Russian Federation. 16,541 feet (5,042 meters).


Kazbek British  
/ kɑːzˈbɛk /

noun

  1. an extinct volcano in N Georgia in the central Caucasus Mountains. Height: 5047 m (16 558 ft)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 2025, Kazakhstan's Turkestan region experienced eight months without rain and very low humidity levels, regional agricultural official Kazbek Bedebayev told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Essentially, the briefcase is a communication tool which links the president to his military top brass and thence to rocket forces via the highly secret "Kazbek" electronic command-and-control network.

From Reuters Oct. 17, 2022

In early July 1944, the Kazbek sailed down the Bosphorus with 758 people on board, many of them rescued from Romanian-occupied areas of Soviet Ukraine.

From Slate Sep. 24, 2014

Two Chechen men, Kazbek Dukuzov and Musa Vakhayev, were found not guilty of his murder in May 2006.

From Reuters Jul. 2, 2010

In the valley of the Kizil river, about 15 versts north-west of Kazbek.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule

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