Kokand

[ ko-kand; Russian kuh-kahnt ]

noun

1. a city in NE Uzbekistan, SE of Tashkent: formerly the center of a powerful khanate.

Kokand

/ kaˈkant /

noun

1. a city in NE Uzbekistan, in the Fergana valley. Pop: 211 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Olimjon Haydarov was detained and taken into custody in Uzbekistan's eastern city of Kokand in July, after being charged with extortion.

From BBC

Before the galloping Russian conquest of the 19th century — the Russian Empire for over four centuries expanded at a rate of roughly 20,000 square miles a year — the land of this country had been divided into two khanates: Kokand in the east and Khiva in the west.

From New York Times

It deals with the bloody rivalries of the early 19th century between the Emirs of Bukhara and the Khans of Kokand.

From Economist

Based on a famous Kyrgyz tale from the 19th century, the film tells the story of a young woman who flees an arranged marriage to eventually become the leader of Alai highlanders in the Khanate of Kokand, a kingdom that encompassed modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, southern Kazakhstan, and China's Xinjiang-Uighur autonomous region.

From The Guardian

Russia's conquest of the neighbouring Central Asian states of Kokand and Bukhara led to a renewed struggle for control over the area, with the Kokand general Yaqub Bek establishing a de facto independent state in Kashgar in 1865.

From BBC