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Du•shan•be
Pronunciation: (dOO-shän'bu, -shäm'-, dyOO-; Russ. dOO-shun-bye'), [key]—
n.
a city in and the capital of Tadzhikistan, in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, SW of Tashkent. 493,000. Formerly,
Dyushambe (before 1929),
Stalinabad (1929–61).
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