Nagorno-Karabakh
[ nuh-gawr-noh-kahr-uh-bahk; Russian nuh-gawr-nuh-kuh-ruh-bahkh ]
/ nəˈgɔr noʊˌkɑr əˈbɑk; Russian nʌˈgɔr nə kə rʌˈbɑx /
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noun
a region in SW Azerbaijan: residents mostly Armenian. 1,700 sq. mi. (4,400 sq. km).
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How to use Nagorno-Karabakh in a sentence
The remaining Azeris, around a quarter of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh, fled the region.
Russia’s defense pact with Armenia does not cover Nagorno-Karabakh, meaning Yerevan could only request Moscow to deploy troops if there was an attack on undisputed Armenian territory.
Consider the civil war in Lebanon from 1975 to 1990 or the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In the dark Petya recognized his own horse, which he called "Karabakh" though it was of Ukranian breed, and went up to it.
War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy