azerbaijan
geographical name(Azer-bai-jan)
independent country in western Asia and southeastern Europe bordering on the Caspian Sea and including the exclave Naxcivan, which is separated from the main part by Armenia; a constituent republic of the U.S.S.R. 1936—91; capital Baku area 33,200 square miles (86,320 square kilometers), population 9,477,100