Astrakhan

See also: astrakhan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian А́страхань (Ástraxanʹ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /æstɹəˈkæn/

Proper noun

Astrakhan

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

Translations

city and region in Russia

Arabic: أَسْتْرَاخَان‎ m (ʾastraḵān)
Armenian: Աստրախան (hy) (Astraxan), Աժդարխան (Aždarxan) (obsolete)
Azerbaijani: Həştərxan
Bashkir: Әстерхан (Ästerxan)
Belarusian: А́страхань f (Ástraxanʹ)
Bulgarian: А́страхан m (Ástrahan)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿斯特拉罕 (zh) (Āsītèlāhǎn)
Chuvash: Аҫтӑрхан (Aśtărh̬an)
Czech: Astrachaň m
Danish: Astrakan (da), Astrakhan
Finnish: Astrahan
French: Astrakhan (fr) m
Georgian: ასტრახანი (asṭraxani)
German: Astrachan (de) n
Greek: Άστραχαν n (Ástrachan), Αστραχάν (el) n (Astrachán)
Hindi: अस्त्राख़ान (astrāxān), अस्त्राखान (astrākhān)
Hungarian: Asztrahán
Japanese: アストラハン (Asutorahan)
Kabardian: Ащтэрхъан (Aaśterχaan)
Kalmyk: Әәдрхн (Äädrhn)
Kazakh: Астрахан (Astraxan), Қажытархан (Qajytarxan)
Korean: 아스트라한 (ko) (Aseuteurahan)
Lak: Ашттархан (Ašt:arxan)
Latin: Agitarcan
Macedonian: Астрахан m (Astrahan)
Nogai: Аштархан (Aştarxan)
Old East Slavic: Асторохань (Astoroxanĭ)
Persian: آستراخان‎ (Âstrâxân)
Polish: Astrachań (pl) m
Portuguese: Astracã f, Astrakhan f
Russian: А́страхань (ru) f (Ástraxanʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Астрахан m
Roman: Astrahan m
Spanish: Astracán (es) m
Swedish: Astrachan
Tatar: Әстерхан (Ästerxan)
Turkish: Astrahan
Ukrainian: А́страхань f (Ástraxanʹ)

Noun

Astrakhan (countable and uncountable, plural Astrakhans)

(archaic) Alternative letter-case form of astrakhan
- 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

Anagrams

nakshatra

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Astracã

Proper noun

Astrakhan f

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