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Uzbek

American  
[ooz-bek, uhz-, ooz-bek] / ˈʊz bɛk, ˈʌz-, ʊzˈbɛk /

noun

plural

Uzbeks,

plural

Uzbek
  1. a member of a town-dwelling Turkic people of Turkestan and Uzbekistan.

  2. the Turkic language of the Uzbeks.


Uzbek British  
/ ˈʌz-, ˈʊzbɛk /

noun

  1. a member of a Mongoloid people of Uzbekistan

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family

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Born in the Uzbek capital, he learned with his grandfather as his coach and soon became one of the fastest risers in chess history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Two separate emails, which appear to be from Sulayem, revealed he had an Irish and Uzbek girlfriend.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Uzbek and Tajik men scrambled to finish construction on new stores, restaurants, and apartment buildings before winter set in.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

Afghans could also travel without a visa to the Uzbek free-trade zone of Airitom, built to boost trade.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

It’s a young Uzbek messenger, riding a Bactrian camel, wearing an old wide-brimmed hat.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri