Definitions

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  • A city of west-central Russia in the southern Ural Mountains on the Belaya River. The city was founded as a fortress in 1574.

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  • proper noun The capital city of Bashkortostan, an autonomous republic of Russia

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  • noun a city in the European part of Russia

Etymologies

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Russian Уфа (Ufá)

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Examples

  • The group comes from the city of Ufa, which is home to just over one million people and is located in the Ural mountain range of Southwest Russia.

    unknown title 2009

  • Mr Crews's research, much of it conducted in the newly accessible archives of provincial Russian places such as Ufa and Kazan, is of huge relevance to the present day.

    Harvard University Press Publicity Blog : 2006

  • Mr Crews's research, much of it conducted in the newly accessible archives of provincial Russian places such as Ufa and Kazan, is of huge relevance to the present day.

    Prophets and tsars--revising the standard account 2006

  • The vote has also been canceled in cities that never even held direct elections, such as Ufa and Saratov as well as in Kazan, where direct elections had been expected to start.

    The Moscow Times By Nikolai Petrov <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> 2010

  • When an executive at the renowned Ufa film studios is found dead floating in his office bathtub, it falls to Nikolai Hoffner, a chief inspector in the Kriminalpolizei, to investigate.

    The best recent books: Recently Released in Paperback 2010

  • When an executive at the renowned Ufa film studios is found dead floating in his office bathtub, it falls to Nikolai Hoffner, a chief inspector in the Kriminalpolizei, to investigate.

    Shadow and Light: Summary and book reviews of Shadow and Light by Jonathan Rabb. 2009

  • When an executive at the renowned Ufa film studios is found dead floating in his office bathtub, it falls to Nikolai Hoffner, a chief inspector in the Kriminalpolizei, to investigate.

    The best recent books: Historical Fiction 2009

  • League officials stopped a game in the city of Ufa after the crash.

    Hockey Stars Killed in Russian Crash Gregory L. White 2011

  • Now that S7 is in the Oneworld Alliance, BA is putting its code on the Russian airline's flights between Moscow and Chelyabinsk, Ekaterinburg, Kaliningrad, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Kazan, Rostov-on-Don, Samara and Ufa.

    Iberia Adds Routes to Brazil; Visit Saudi on a Budget Jeff Mills 2011

  • When an executive at the renowned Ufa film studios is found dead floating in his office bathtub, it falls to Nikolai Hoffner, a chief inspector in the Kriminalpolizei, to investigate.

    The best recent books: Thrillers 2009

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