# Uzbekistan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ʊzˌbɛkɪˈstɑːn/ · frequency rank #21,694

## Definitions
1. A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent.

## Etymology
From Russian Узбекистан (Uzbekistan), itself from Classical Persian اُزْبَکِسْتَان (uzbakistān). Ultimately uncertain; possibly from Turkic uz (“genuine”) + Sogdian [Term?] (/⁠bek⁠/, “master”) (for the second element, see Turkish bey). The suffix is known to be from Classical Persian ـِستان (istān, “place of”). By surface analysis, Uzbek + -i- + -stan.

## Common misspellings (15)
`ubzekistan`, `uzbbekistan`, `uzbeikstan`, `uzbekisatn`, `uzbekisstan`, `uzbekistann`, `uzbekistna`, `uzbekisttan`, `uzbekitsan`, `uzbekkistan`, `uzbeksitan`, `uzbkeistan`, `uzebkistan`, `uzzbekistan`, `zubekistan`

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