Definition of uzbekistan Uzbekistan

/uzbɛˈkɪstæˌn/ - [uzbekistan] -

We found 4 definitions of uzbekistan from 4 different sources.

What does uzbekistan mean?

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uzbekistan - a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet
		Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbek
		asia the nations of the Asian continent collectively
		cis, commonwealth of independent states an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
		capital of uzbek, tashkent, taskent the capital of Uzbekistan
		samarcand, samarkand city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century

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Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia. Its capital and largest city is Tashkent.

There are about 26,593,000 people living in Uzbekistan. The neighboring countries are Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. It is a double landlocked country, of which there are only two in the world.

Most people in Uzbekistan speak a language called Uzbek, it is a Turkic language similar to Uyghur and Turkish. In the Uzbek language, Uzbekistan is called "O‘zbekiston" and it means "the land of the true nobles".

Uzbekistan has a long history. Humans first lived in Uzbekistan from before the 2nd millenium BC.

Current president is Islam Karimov.