azerbaijan
azerbaijan — noun
1. An independent country in the South Caucasus, lying mainly in western Asia with
An independent country in the South Caucasus, lying mainly in western Asia with a small part in southeastern Europe, bordering the Caspian Sea to the east. It shares land borders with Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Iran, and includes the separate territory of Nakhchivan, which is cut off from the main country by Armenia. The capital is Baku, and the country covers about 86,600 square kilometres with roughly ten million people.
Lakshmi spent three weeks reporting from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, last spring.
proper noun: capital city of Azerbaijan (Baku)
Azerbaijan sits between Russia and Iran, with a long coastline along the Caspian Sea.
geographical position (subject in main clause)
Yuki studied the oil and gas industry of Azerbaijan for her economics thesis.
Many travellers fly into Azerbaijan to see the old walled city and modern towers of Baku.
Obi read that Azerbaijan became independent in 1991 after the Soviet Union broke apart.
- Republic of Azerbaijan
the country's full official name; used in formal, legal, or diplomatic writing
用法筆記
Refers to the modern independent country, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan. Distinguish from sense 2, the historical region of the same name inside northwestern Iran — context (Baku, the Caspian coast, Soviet break-up) almost always signals the country.
常見錯誤
2. A historical and cultural region in the northwestern part of Iran, lying just so
A historical and cultural region in the northwestern part of Iran, lying just south of the modern country of the same name. Its main city is Tabriz, and most of the people speak Azerbaijani Turkish at home alongside Persian. Iranians often call this area Iranian Azerbaijan to keep it clearly apart from the country to the north.
Salma travelled by train from Tehran to Tabriz, the largest city of Iranian Azerbaijan.
proper noun: Tabriz as the regional capital
Many people in northwestern Azerbaijan speak both Azerbaijani Turkish and Persian at home.
collocation: people in Azerbaijan (linguistic context)
Harper wrote her dissertation on the bazaars and trade routes of northwestern Iranian Azerbaijan.
Iranian Azerbaijan covers a wide stretch of mountains, lakes, and farmland in the country's northwest corner.
Trang's grandfather was born in a small village in Iranian Azerbaijan during the 1930s.
- Iranian Azerbaijan
the everyday English label; almost always preferred over the bare name when this sense is meant
用法筆記
Almost always written or spoken as 'Iranian Azerbaijan' to mark the contrast with the country in sense 1. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense names a region inside Iran, not a sovereign state, and has no government of its own.