Tashkent

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Submitted Name

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Type Settlement
Usage English, Russian
Scripts Тошкент (Uzbek Cyrillic), Ташкент (Russian)
Other Forms FormsToshkent (Uzbek)
Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified
Contributor Contrib.highexpectasians on 5/22/2016
Last Editor Editorhighexpectasians on 6/20/2016  [revision history]

Meaning & History

Derived from Turkic tash meaning "stone" and kent meaning "city"; literally means "stone city". Tashkent is the capital of the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan.