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Baku

[ buh-koo ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Azerbaijan, in the E part, on the Caspian Sea.


Baku

/ ˈ /

noun

  1. the capital of Azerbaijan, a port on the Caspian Sea: important for its extensive oilfields. Pop: 1 830 000 (2005 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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They are on trial in a military court in Baku, accused of war crimes dating back decades.

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The Azerbaijani government has ordered the suspension of BBC News' Azerbaijani operation in the capital city, Baku.

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Argentina withdrew its negotiators from the COP29 climate meeting in Baku last November, days after Trump won the US presidency.

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The Azerbaijan Airlines plane had been en route from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to the Chechen capital of Grozny on 25 December when it is thought to have come under fire.

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The flight, which had originated in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, crashed in Kazakhstan, across the Caspian Sea from Chechnya.

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