Kuban

American  

[koo-ban, koo-bahn] / kuˈbæn, kuˈbɑn /

noun

1. a river flowing NW from the Caucasus Mountains to the Black and the Azov seas. 512 miles (825 km) long.

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Kuban British  

/ kuˈbanj /

noun

1. a river in SW Russia, rising in the Caucasus Mountains and flowing north and northwest to the Sea of Azov. Length: 906 km (563 miles)

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Example Sentences

Veniamin Kondratyev, the head of the regional government, said the Ukrainians drones had targeted two oil refineries, a bitumen plant, and a military airfield in Kuban.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2024

In southern Russia, the storm sent waves flooding into the beach resort of Sochi, tore the roof off a five-story building in Anapa and damaged homes and schools in Kuban, the state news agency said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

It was just over 100 years ago that the river, one of the fastest-flowing rivers in the state, began to peel those layers away, exposing tracks through erosion, Kuban said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022

As a journalism major at Kuban State University, Simonyan landed an internship and, quickly thereafter, a correspondent position at a local TV station.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2017

Behind her, flying far back in the line of Po-2s, Larisa and Nadya were over the Kuban River and halfway to the target when Larisa saw four searchlights suddenly begin to comb the sky.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein