Nakhichevan

American

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

noun

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

Nakhichevan British

/ nəxitʃɪˈvanj /

noun

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 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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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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