Nagorno-Karabakh
Proper noun
Meaning
Nagorno-Karabakh (uncountable)
A landlocked region in South Caucasus.
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
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We hear warmongering every day, every day we hear threats and attempts to scare us... We don't want war and never wanted, but at that time [i. e. during Nagorno-Karabakh war] we had to defend our Motherland. If the time comes again, this time our blow will be final and deadly.
Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet Union.
What is happening and what may happen in the Nagorno-Karabakh and all the occupied lands is our internal affair. No international organization or country can interfere with our internal affair.
About 20% of Azerbaijan’s territory – including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions – has been under illegal Armenian occupation for nearly three decades.
According to Nagorno-Karabakh officials, 927 of their troops have been killed and more than 30 civilians also have died.
According to Nagorno-Karabakh officials, 963 of their troops have been killed, along with 37 civilians.