Nagorno-Karabakh

[ nuh-gawr-noh-kahr-uh-bahk; Russian nuh-gawr-nuh-kuh-ruh-bahkh ]

noun

1. a region in SW Azerbaijan: residents mostly Armenian. 1,700 sq. mi. (4,400 sq. km).

Example Sentences

He reported from the war in Nagorno-Karabakh and travelled to Ukraine.

From BBC

It has also denied that it recruited and deployed Syrian mercenaries to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in the Caucasus.

From BBC

The problem was in 2020, when Azerbaijan, along with the help of Turkey, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh in Armenia.

From Los Angeles Times

When more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh last September, Nina Shahverdyan and her brother, parents and cousin spent 30 hours on the road trying to leave.

From BBC

Last year Azerbaijan recaptured its Nagorno-Karabakh region held for decades by ethnic Armenians.

From BBC