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Nakhichevan

American  
[nuh-kee-chuh-vahn, nuh-khyi-chyi-vahn] / nəˌki tʃəˈvɑn, nə xyɪ tʃyɪˈvɑn /

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)

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Azerbaijan is no longer interested in securing a land corridor through Armenia to the Azerbaijani enclave of Nakhichevan and will instead discuss the issue with its southern neighbour Iran, a senior Azerbaijani official said on Wednesday.

From Reuters

Azerbaijan is no longer interested in securing a land corridor through Armenia to the Azerbaijani enclave of Nakhichevan and will instead discuss the issue with its southern neighbour Iran, a senior Azerbaijani official said on Wednesday.

From Reuters

Azerbaijan is no longer interested in securing a land corridor through Armenia to the Azerbaijani enclave of Nakhichevan and will instead discuss the issue with its southern neighbour Iran, a senior Azerbaijani official said on Wednesday.

From Reuters

An extensive investigative report by scholars Simon Maghakyan and Sarah Pickman published by the arts website Hyperallergic last year recorded the systematic destruction of 89 medieval Armenian churches and 5,840 of the elaborate cross-stones known as khachkars in the province of Nakhichevan between 1997 and 2006.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times