Ufa

American

[oo-fah] / uˈfɑ /

noun

a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.

Ufa British

/ uˈfa /

noun

a city in W central Russia, capital of the Bashkir Republic: university (1957). Pop: 1 035 000 (2005 est)

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He was from Ufa in Bashkortostan and had been working two jobs to make ends meet - at a tram depot and a plywood factory.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

She was 3 years old when she first sang onstage, and 14 when she decamped to the nearest city, Ufa, to study music.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

Koltsov retired from playing in 2016 and was assistant coach with Russia Kontinental Hockey League side Salavat Yulaev Ufa.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2024

Chanysheva, who has been a supporter of Navalny’s for at least a decade, moved in 2013 from Moscow to Ufa, Bashkortostan’s largest city and where her parents lived.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022

With the help of her own maid Parasha, a brisk, black-eyed girl, Sofya Nikolayevna unpacked the large number of boxes and trunks which the English coach had brought from Ufa.

From A Russian Gentleman by S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich) Aksakov

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