Etymology

Nagorno-Karabakh

Today it means: A landlocked region in South Caucasus. Full definition →

Russian нагорно-караба́хский
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromНаго́рный Караба́х
  2. Russian · borrowed fromнагорно-караба́хский
  3. English todayNagorno-Karabakh

Borrowed from Russian нагорно-караба́хский (nagorno-karabáxskij) (without the adjectival ending), the relational adjective of Russian Наго́рный Караба́х (Nagórnyj Karabáx), as in Russian Наго́рно-Караба́хская автоно́мная о́бласть (Nagórno-Karabáxskaja avtonómnaja óblastʹ, “Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast”).

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