Uzbek
Americannoun
plural
Uzbeks,plural
Uzbek-
a member of a town-dwelling Turkic people of Turkestan and Uzbekistan.
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the Turkic language of the Uzbeks.
noun
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a member of a Mongoloid people of Uzbekistan
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the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family
Example Sentences
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Uzbek and Tajik men scrambled to finish construction on new stores, restaurants, and apartment buildings before winter set in.
From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025
A German teacher stands in front of Uzbek nursing students, rattling off health terms -- wheelchair, overweight, retired -- they will need to master before setting off for new jobs in Germany.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
"They were strangers, I can't identify their identity or language, but they seemed to be Uzbek or Chechen," Mr Fares told me by phone.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2025
Ani is Uzbek American and knows the language from her grandmother, but she’s barely proficient.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024
There was Dostum, the flamboyant Uzbek commander, leader of the Junbish-i-Milli faction, who had a reputation for shifting allegiances.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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