Dagestan

[ dah-guh-stahn, dag-uh-stan; Russian duh-gyi-stahn ]

noun

1. an autonomous republic in the SW Russian Federation on the W shore of the Caspian Sea. 19,421 sq. mi. (50,300 sq. km). : Makhachkala. Formerly Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
2. a closely woven carpet of this region having a floral design and a zigzag border, usually in pastel shades.

Example Sentences

Conor McGregor, the brash, arrogant former champion from Ireland, baited his nemesis, Khabib Nurmagomedov—a stoic generational talent from Dagestan—by personally insulting him and his family with Islamophobic remarks.

From Slate

Her first husband died after a couple of months, then she married a man from Dagestan and had his child.

From BBC

Another blow to the Kremlin’s carefully cultivated notion of total control was the riot at an airport in the Russian province of Dagestan, targeting a flight from Israel.

From Seattle Times

And the Energy Ministry said bad weather had left about 1.9 million people without electricity on Monday morning in the southern Russian regions of Dagestan, Krasnodar and Rostov, as well as Crimea and the regions of Ukraine that Russia unilaterally said it had annexed last year.

From Reuters

And in Dagestan, Russia, a mob of protesters stormed a plane from Israel and searched a hotel, looking for Jews.

From Seattle Times