Astrakhan

See also: astrakhan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian А́страхань (Ástraxanʹ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /æstɹəˈkæn/

Proper noun

Astrakhan

  1. An oblast of Russia.
  2. A city, the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Astrakhan (countable and uncountable, plural Astrakhans)

  1. (archaic) Alternative letter-case form of astrakhan
    • 1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Story of the Bald-headed Man”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, pages 66–67:
      Our new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tube of his hookah, and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs.
    • 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal In Bohemia, Norton, published 2005, page 14:
      Heavy bands of Astrakhan were slashed across the sleeves and fronts of his double-breasted coat

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Alternative forms

Proper noun

Astrakhan f

  1. Astrakhan (an oblast of Russia)
  2. Astrakhan (a city, the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia)
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