Etymology

Shusha

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Today it means: A city and district of Azerbaijan. Full definition →

Azerbaijani Şuşa ← Russian Шуша́ ← Armenian Շոշ
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  1. Armenian · derived fromՇոշ
  2. Russian · borrowed fromШуша́
  3. Azerbaijani · borrowed fromŞuşa
  4. English todayShusha

From Azerbaijani Şuşa and Russian Шуша́ (Šušá), ultimately from Armenian Շոշ (Šoš), the name of a nearby Armenian village whose inhabitants were resettled in Shusha upon founding.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.