Astrakhan
See also: astrakhan
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Borrowed from Russian А́страхань (Ástraxanʹ).
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Astrakhan
- An oblast of Russia.
- A city, the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River.
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city and region in Russia
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Astrakhan (countable and uncountable, plural Astrakhans)
- (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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Astrakhan f