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Uzbel

Uzbel proper noun: a mountain pass on the border between Akto, Kizilsu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China and Murghob district, Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region, Tajikistan.

uzbel: a mountain pass on the border between Akto, Kizilsu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China...
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Proper noun

Uzbel

  1. A mountain pass on the border between Akto, Kizilsu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China and Murghob district, Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region, Tajikistan.
    • After having travelled along the Ala-Baital defile, and followed the course of the Uzbel-Su, the party reached the Uzbel Pass, which separates the basin of the Kara-Kul from that of the Sary-Kol and Tarun-Gol.[...]The late M. Fedchenko disputed the existence of a meridional range on the east side...1877 February 1, Robert Michell, “THE RUSSIAN EXPEDITION TO THE ALAI AND PAMIR IN 1876”, in The Geographical Magazine, volume 4, →OCLC, page 49
    • In 1876 Kostenko, from the Uzbel Pass, observed a great peak in this direction, the name of which was given to him as Mustagh Ata, i.e. Father of Ice Mountains.1896, George N. Curzon, The Pamirs and the Source of the Oxus, →OCLC, →OL, page 51
    Synonyms:
    Kyzyl-Dzhiik

Uzbel meaning in Marathi

Uzbel in Marathi

mountain pass on the China-Tajikistan border
उझबेल ujhbel

Examples of Uzbel in a sentence

  • On emerging from thence, one comes upon a point where three roads converge—one to Badakhshan, one to Kokand (over the Kizyl-Yart), and the other to Kash- ghar (over the Uzbel Pass).1877 February 1, Robert Michell, “THE RUSSIAN EXPEDITION TO THE ALAI AND PAMIR IN 1876”, in The Geographical Magazine, volume 4, →OCLC...
  • The Markansu Valley was divided evenly while China dropped its claim to the Uzbel Pass (map 2.5).2008, M. Taylor Fravel, “Frontier Disputes in the 1990s”, in Strong Borders, Secure Nation: Cooperation and Conflict in China's Territorial...

Synonyms of Uzbel

Questions about Uzbel

What does Uzbel mean?
Uzbel means a mountain pass on the border between Akto, Kizilsu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China and Murghob district, Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region, Tajikistan.
What is Uzbel in Marathi?
Uzbel in Marathi is उझबेल (ujhbel). See Uzbel meaning in Marathi.
How do you use Uzbel in a sentence?
On emerging from thence, one comes upon a point where three roads converge—one to Badakhshan, one to Kokand (over the Kizyl-Yart), and the other to Kash- ghar (over the Uzbel Pass).
What part of speech is Uzbel?
Uzbel is a proper noun.

Words near Uzbel in the dictionary

  1. Uzbekized
  2. Uzbekizes
  3. Uzbekizing
  4. Uzbekness
  5. Uzbeks
  6. Uzbel
  7. uzh
  8. uzhe
  9. uzhes
  10. Uzhgorod
  11. Uzhhorod

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