English > Uzbekistan: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet. |
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| Synonyms | Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbek |
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| Instance of | Asian country, Asian nation | Any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent |
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| Member of | Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS | An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 |
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| Part of | Asia | The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population |
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| Parts | Kyzyl Kum, Kizil Kum, Qizil Qum | A desert in Uzbekistan to the southeast of the Aral Sea |
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| Samarkand, Samarcand | city in southern Uzbekistan |
| Tashkent, Taskent, capital of Uzbek | The capital of Uzbekistan |
| Region of | Islamic Group of Uzbekistan, IMU, Islamic Party of Turkestan | A terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996 |
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| Spanish | Uzbekistan, Uzbekistán, Uzbequistán |
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| Catalan | Uzbekistan |
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| Adjectives | Uzbekistani | of or relating to or characteristic of Uzbekistan or its people or culture |
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