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Formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991
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dushanbe
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
capital of Tajikistan, from Tajik dushanbe "Monday" (a compound of du "two" + Shanbe "Saturday," literally "Sabbath;" thus "two days after Saturday"); so called in reference to a regular Monday market there. Known from 1929-1961 as Stalinabad .
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Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan . Dushanbe means Monday in the Tajik language . It was so named because it grew from a village that originally had a popular market on Mondays. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe ...
Usage examples of dushanbe.
New Caledonia and New Delhi, from Dushanbe and Kuang-chou, from Kiev and Cairo.
The same messenger handed over a note saying that Colonel Bondarenko had taken the 1730 Aeroflot flight to Dushanbe, and that ground transport from the civil airport to Bright Star had been arranged.