azerbaijan
azerbaijan — 名詞
1. An independent country in the South Caucasus, lying mainly in western Asia with
亞塞拜然
南高加索的獨立國家，首都巴庫
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.
Lakshmi 去年春天在亞塞拜然首都巴庫待了三週進行採訪。
proper noun: capital city of Azerbaijan (Baku)
Azerbaijan sits between Russia and Iran, with a long coastline along the Caspian Sea.
亞塞拜然位於俄羅斯與伊朗之間，沿著裏海有很長的海岸線。
geographical position (subject in main clause)
Yuki studied the oil and gas industry of Azerbaijan for her economics thesis.
Yuki 為了寫經濟學論文，研究了亞塞拜然的石油與天然氣產業。
Many travellers fly into Azerbaijan to see the old walled city and modern towers of Baku.
許多旅客飛到亞塞拜然，就是為了看看巴庫的古老城牆與現代高樓。
Obi read that Azerbaijan became independent in 1991 after the Soviet Union broke apart.
Obi 讀到亞塞拜然在 1991 年蘇聯解體之後成為獨立國家。
- 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
伊朗亞塞拜然
伊朗西北部的歷史地區，主要城市為大不里士
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.
Salma 從德黑蘭搭火車到大不里士，那是伊朗亞塞拜然最大的城市。
proper noun: Tabriz as the regional capital
Many people in northwestern Azerbaijan speak both Azerbaijani Turkish and Persian at home.
伊朗亞塞拜然西北部許多人在家裡同時講亞塞拜然土耳其語和波斯語。
collocation: people in Azerbaijan (linguistic context)
Harper wrote her dissertation on the bazaars and trade routes of northwestern Iranian Azerbaijan.
Harper 的博士論文寫的是伊朗亞塞拜然西北部的市集與貿易路線。
Iranian Azerbaijan covers a wide stretch of mountains, lakes, and farmland in the country's northwest corner.
伊朗亞塞拜然涵蓋伊朗西北角大片的山脈、湖泊與農地。
Trang's grandfather was born in a small village in Iranian Azerbaijan during the 1930s.
Trang 的外公在 1930 年代出生於伊朗亞塞拜然的一個小村莊。
- 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.