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Azerbaijan
geographical name Azer·bai·jan \ˌa-zər-ˌbī-ˈjän, ˌä-\
Definition of AZERBAIJAN
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or ancient At·ro·pa·te·ne \ˌa-trō-pə-ˈtē-nē\ or Me·dia Atropatene \ˈmē-dē-ə\ region NW Iran; chief city Tabriz
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independent country W Asia & SE Europe bordering on Caspian Sea; a constituent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1936–91 ∗ Baku area 33,200 square miles (86,320 square kilometers), pop 8,200,000
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Rhymes with AZERBAIJAN
abutilon, Agamemnon, anticodon, antiproton, archenteron, arrière-ban, asyndeton, automaton, Bellerophon, bildungsroman, carrying-on, diazinon, dodecagon, emoticon, encephalon, get a move on, himation, interferon, kakiemon, keep an eye on, Laocoön, mesenteron, Michoacán, millimicron, oxymoron, phenomenon, protozoon, pteranodon, put the arm on, put the make on, rear echelon, Rostov-on-Don, Saskatchewan, septentrion, set one's heart on, set one's sights on, sine qua non, steal a march on, take it out on, Taklimakan, turn one's back on, Vientiane, wipe one's boots on, zero coupon, zooplankton
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Azerbaijan
geographical name Azer·bai·jan \ˌa-zər-ˌbī-ˈjän, ˌä-\
Definition of AZERBAIJAN for Kids
country W Asia & SE Europe bordering on Caspian Sea; capital, Baku; a republic of U.S.S.R. 1936–91
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