Uzbek
noun
a member of a town-dwelling Turkic people of Turkestan and Uzbekistan.
Uzbeks
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pluralof Uzbek.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Uzbekistan’s government has promoted chess since 2004, leading to four Uzbeks now ranking in the world’s top 50.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Persians, Parsis, Kurds, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Tajiks, Kazakhs, Uzbeks and other cultures celebrate the festival and have their own traditions surrounding it.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 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
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
