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Tashkent.

The capital city of Uzbekistan.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˌtɑːʃˈkɛnt//ˌtæʃˈkɛnt/

  1. The capital city of Uzbekistan.

  2. The capital city of Uzbekistan. The Uzbekistan government.

    metonymically

  3. A region of Uzbekistan

  4. A district of Uzbekistan

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Chagatai تاش (taš) Chagatai کند (känd) Chagatai تاشکند (taškänd) Uzbek Toshkentbor. Russian Ташкент (Taškent)bor. English Tashkent Borrowed from Russian Ташкент (Taškent), borrowed from Uzbek Toshkent, from Chagatai تاشکند (taškänd), from تاش (taš, “stone”) + کند (känd, “city”).

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