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Nakhichevan

American  
[nuh-kee-chuh-vahn, nuh-khyi-chyi-vahn] / nəˌki tʃəˈvɑn, nə xjɪ tʃjɪˈvɑn /

noun

  1. Naxçivan.

  2. Also called Nakhichevan City.  a city in and the capital of Naxçivan.


Nakhichevan British  
/ nəxitʃɪˈvanj /

noun

  1. Ancient name: Naxuana.  a city in W Azerbaijan, capital of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic: an ancient trading town; ceded to Russia in 1828. Pop: 66 800 (1994)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Azerbaijan announced on Friday it was withdrawing diplomatic staff from Iran, a day after drones launched from Iranian territory targeted an airport and exploded near a school in the country's Nakhichevan exclave, bordering Iran.

From Barron's Mar. 6, 2026

But copious photography and satellite imagery of Nakhichevan tell another story.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2020

Activists of the Azerbaijan Popular Front in Nakhichevan, a region bordering Iran, made no secret of their preparations for an incendiary New Year's Eve.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unable to quell the disorder, the party chief in Nakhichevan was forced to resign.

From Time Magazine Archive

A variety of useful minerals exists, but only rock-salt is obtained, at Nakhichevan and Kulp.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

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