# Karabakh

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/ · frequency rank #46,566

## Definitions
1. A geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia. It includes three regions: Highland Karabakh (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh), Lowland Karabakh (the southern Kura-steppes) and a part of Syunik.
2. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

## Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Караба́х (Karabáx), composed of Turkic *kara (“black”) and Persian باغ (bâġ, “garden”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`akrabakh`, `kaarbakh`, `karaabkh`, `karabahk`, `karabakhh`, `karabakkh`, `karabbakh`, `karabkah`, `karbaakh`, `karrabakh`, `kkarabakh`, `kraabakh`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/karabakh