Maikop

American  

[mahy-kawp] / maɪˈkɔp /

noun

1. a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Krasnodar.

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Maikop British  

/ majˈkɔp /

noun

1. a city in SW Russia, capital of the Adygei Republic: extensive oilfields to the southwest; mineral springs. Pop: 165 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

An entire brigade, the Maikop brigade, was wiped out almost to a man.

From New York Times

However, I anticipate some small terrorist bombings in places as far east as Cherkessk, Maikop and Krasnodar starting in mid-2012.

From New York Times

They hold Rostov, the naval base at Novorossisk, the Maikop oilfield 65 miles from the coast, the upper reaches of the Transcaucasian railway between Rostov and the Caspian.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hitler had taken the minor Maikop oil fields, facing the great range of the Caucasus which divides the Black Sea from the Caspian.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most apiarists have supposed that bees thrive only on nectar, but a Soviet bee student, E. Arefyeff of the Maikop Agricultural Research Station, thought of trying them on other foods.

From Time Magazine Archive