/ah'zeuhr buy jahn", az'euhr buy jan"/ ; Russ. /u zyirdd buy jahn"/ , n.
1. Also, Azerbaidzhan . Formerly, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic . a republic in Transcaucasia, N of Iran and W of the Caspian Sea. 7,735,918; 33,430 sq. mi. (86,600 sq. km). Cap.: Baku.
2. a region of NW Iran, divided into two provinces in 1938: East Azerbaijan (4,114,084; Cap.: Tabriz) and West Azerbaijan (1,971,677; Cap.: Orumiyeh).