Maikop

[ mahy-kawp ]

noun

1. a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Krasnodar.

Maikop

/ majˈkɔp /

noun

1. a city in SW Russia, capital of the Adygei Republic: extensive oilfields to the southwest; mineral springs. Pop: 165 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones targeted a military airfield in the Maikop region of southern Russia.

From BBC

An entire brigade, the Maikop brigade, was wiped out almost to a man.

From New York Times

However, I anticipate some small terrorist bombings in places as far east as Cherkessk, Maikop and Krasnodar starting in mid-2012.

From New York Times

They hold Rostov, the naval base at Novorossisk, the Maikop oilfield 65 miles from the coast, the upper reaches of the Transcaucasian railway between Rostov and the Caspian.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hitler had taken the minor Maikop oil fields, facing the great range of the Caucasus which divides the Black Sea from the Caspian.

From Time Magazine Archive