derbent.
defile, mountain pass
Meaning & usage
defile, mountain pass
small border fortress or outpost
Where this word comes from
From Ottoman Turkish دربند (derbend), borrowed from Persian دربند (darband, literally “bar of a door, bolt; a barrier”), from در (dar, “door, gate, passage”) + بند (band, “band, tie, fastening”).
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