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Kuban

American  
[koo-ban, koo-bahn] / kuˈbæn, kuˈbɑn /

noun

  1. a river flowing NW from the Caucasus Mountains to the Black and the Azov seas. 512 miles (825 km) long.


Kuban British  
/ kuˈbanj /

noun

  1. a river in SW Russia, rising in the Caucasus Mountains and flowing north and northwest to the Sea of Azov. Length: 906 km (563 miles)

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Veniamin Kondratyev, the head of the regional government, said the Ukrainians drones had targeted two oil refineries, a bitumen plant, and a military airfield in Kuban.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2024

“It’s like a playground out here,” Kuban says.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022

Sauropod tracks aren’t as easily defined as theropods, and often look like holes, but according to Kuban, the sauropod tracks in Glen Rose are the best in the world.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022

Last fall on the website Serious Eats, the New York pizza historians Ed Levine, Adam Kuban and Scott Wiener announced a “new golden age” for New York-style pizza, with a list of 27 supporting slices.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2019

On June 2, 1943, in back-to-back missions, Zhenya Timofeyeva led a formation of nine Pe-2 dive-bombers, each with its aircrew of pilot, navigator, and gunner, into combat toward the front line at the Kuban River.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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