Fergana

[ fer-gah-nuh, fer-; Russian fyir-guh-nah ]

noun

1. a city in eastern Uzbekistan, southeast of Tashkent.

Fergana

/ fəˈɡɑːnə /

noun

1. a region of W central Asia, surrounded by high mountains and accessible only from the west; mainly in Uzbekistan and partly in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
2. the chief city of this region, in E Uzbekistan. Pop: 230 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Those who live in the Fergana Valley are still living with the legacy of its Soviet past, and in southern Kyrgyzstan, Uzbek people continue to face significant marginalisation, the gallery noted.

From BBC

It examines identity and the post-imperialist landscape of the Fergana Valley, which spreads across Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

From BBC

He marches back to Persia with an army and a wife, and smacks Chobin so hard for wrecking everything that Chobin flees to Fergana, which is like saying he runs away to Mars.

From Literature

Daniil Kislov, an expert in Central Asia and editor of Fergana, a website that covers the region, said that by inviting the troops in “Tokayev gave a real gift to Putin.”

From New York Times

Mr. Masimov, who at one time served as Mr. Nazarbayev’s chief of staff and as Kazakhstan’s prime minister, twice, has been regarded as “a mastodon of Kazakh politics,” said Daniil Kislov, a Russian expert on Central Asia who runs Fergana, a news site focused on the region.

From New York Times