Uzbek
Americannoun
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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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The Uzbek referee should have clamped down earlier, shown his authority and given the impression that the rough tactics would not be tolerated.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
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
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
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
While it would be romantic to say Khusanov is forging a path for more Uzbeks to play in Europe's top leagues, that process has been long under way in the former Soviet state.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 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
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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