Bakhchisaray

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Etymology

From Russian Бахчисара́й (Baxčisaráj), from Crimean Tatar Bağçasaray, from Ottoman Turkish باغچه (bağçe, “garden”), from Persian باغچه (bâġče, “[small] garden”) and سرای (sarây, “house, palace”).

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Bakhchisaray

  1. A city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia; the former capital of the Crimean Khanate.
  2. A raion of Crimea, Ukraine.

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