Kazbek

American  

[kahz-bek, kuhz-byek] / kɑzˈbɛk, kʌzˈbyɛk /

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).

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Kazbek British  

/ kɑːzˈbɛk /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

The Council said, 'Yes, yes, yes, don't alarm yourself; you'll be quite safe, safe as the Kazbek mountain; we ourselves will protect you.'

From A Tramp's Sketches by Graham, Stephen

The greatest poet of Georgia is Prince Kazbek.

From Caucasian Legends by Goulbat, Abraam Abraamovich