Uzbek
Americannoun
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Uzbeks,
plural
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Uzbek
plural
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a member of a town-dwelling Turkic people of Turkestan and Uzbekistan.
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the Turkic language of the Uzbeks.
noun
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a member of a Mongoloid people of Uzbekistan
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the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family
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For meals, the spa has two chefs — one Armenian, another Uzbek — who prepare fresh Mediterranean dishes, as well as Eastern European classics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Emma Orlow, a writer for the digital food publication Caper, favors Tashkent’s stuffed cabbage and manti, Uzbek steamed dumplings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Two separate emails, which appear to be from Sulayem, revealed he had an Irish and Uzbek girlfriend.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
"The Termez-Hairatan bridge crossing point, linking Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, is operational again. Travellers can now travel directly and safely between the two countries," the Uzbek Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
There was a decent Uzbek restaurant most teams frequented whenever we traveled to Moscow.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
There are now four Uzbeks in the top 50, including world No. 4 Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Since 2016, the number of Uzbeks living in Russia has shrunk from around four to six million to fewer than one million, according to officials.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
The Uzbeks beat Indonesia 2-0 in the semifinals on Monday in Doha, Qatar, and will face Japan for the title on Friday.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Lithuanians, Estonians, Ukrainians, Uzbeks and Moldavians all reveled in their newfound independence.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2023
That December, Pashtuns, Tajiks, Uzbeks, and Hazaras gathered in Bonn and, under the watchful eye of the UN, began the process that might someday end over twenty years of unhappiness in their watan.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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