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BAKU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Baku mean?
• BAKU (noun)
The noun BAKU has 1 sense:
1. a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production
Familiarity information: BAKU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Baku; capital of Azerbaijan
Instance hypernyms:
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Baku" is a part of...):
Azerbaijan; Azerbaijani Republic; Azerbajdzhan; Azerbajdzhan Republic (a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet)
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