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Karabakh (other)
Karabakh (Azerbaijani: Qarabağ; Armenian: Ղարաբաղ Gharabagh) is a geographic region in present-day eastern Armenia and southwestern Azerbaijan, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura and Aras Karabakh or variants Qarabagh, Gharabagh, Karabağ, Qarabağ, Qara Bagh may also refer to: Places * Nagorno-Karabakh, meaning "Mountainous Karabakh", a territory in Azerbaijan, was governed by ethnic Armenians under the breakaway Republic of Artsakh from 1994 to 2023. * Karabakh Steppe, or Lowland Karabakh (see Karabakh) * Karabakh Economic Region, one of the economic regions of Azerbaijan * Zangezur, the western highlands of Karabakh and the only part of Karabakh which lies within Armenia, roughly corresponding to the Syunik Province, Province of Syunik Afghanistan * Qarabagh District, Ghazni * Qarabagh District, Kabul Azerbaijan * Qarabağ, Agdam * Qarabağ, Fuzuli * Qarabağlar (other) ** Qarabağlar, Goyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karabakh
Karabakh ( az, Qarabağ ; hy, Ղարաբաղ, Ġarabaġ ) is a geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura (Caspian Sea), Kura and Aras River, Aras. It is conventionally divided into three regions: Highland Karabakh, Lowland Karabakh (the steppes between the Kura (Caspian Sea), Kura and Aras river, Aras rivers), and the eastern slopes of the Zangezur Mountains (roughly Syunik Province, Syunik and Kalbajar–Lachin Economic Region, Kalbajar–Lachin).Robert H. Hewsen, Hewsen, Robert H. "The Meliks of Eastern Armenia: A Preliminary Study," ''Revue des Études Arméniennes'' 9 (1972), p. 289, note 17. Etymology The Russian language, Russian name , Romanization of Russian, transliterated , derives from the Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani , which is generally believed to be a compound of the Turkic language, Turkic word ''kara'' (black) and the Irania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
