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Bu•kha•ra
Pronunciation: (boo-kär'u, bOO-; Russ. bOO-khä'ru), [key]—
n.
1. a former state in SW Asia: now incorporated into Uzbekistan.
2. a city in SW Uzbekistan, W of Samarkand. 185,000.
Also,Bokhara.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.