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Nagorno-Karabakh

American  
[nuh-gawr-noh-kahr-uh-bahk, nuh-gawr-nuh-kuh-ruh-bahkh] / nəˈgɔr noʊˌkɑr əˈbɑk, nʌˈgɔr nə kə rʌˈbɑx /

noun

  1. a region in SW Azerbaijan: residents mostly Armenian. 1,700 sq. mi. (4,400 sq. km).


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The 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus prompted Greece to pull out, while tensions between Georgia and Moscow and the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan have also left their mark.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Azerbaijanis call it Nagorno-Karabakh; Armenians call it Artsakh.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

In March, the two governments had said they were ready to end their nearly 40-year conflict centred on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025

Azerbaijan and Armenia fought over Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnically Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, in the 1980s and 1990s and violence has flared up in the years since.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

Flipping back to the beginning of the test, Reynie read the very first question again: “The territories of the Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region are disputed by what two countries?”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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