Uzbekistan

geographical name

Uz·​bek·​i·​stan (ˌ)u̇z-ˌbe-ki-ˈstan 

ˌəz-,

-ˈstän;

-ˈbe-ki-ˌstan,

-ˌstän

country in west central Asia east of the Amu Dar'ya capital Tashkent area 172,742 square miles (447,400 square kilometers), population 30,024,000

Note: Uzbekistan was a constituent republic (the Uz*bek Republic \ ˈu̇z-​ˌbek , ˈəz-​ , u̇z-​ˈbek \ ) of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1991.