What is "karabakh"

Karabakh ( Gharabagh or Արցախ, Artsakh; ) is a geographic region in present-day eastern Armenia and southwestern Azerbaijan, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura and Aras. It includes three regions: Highland Karabakh (historical Artsakh, present-day Nagorno-Karabakh), Lowland Karabakh (the southern Kura-steppes), and a part of Syunik.

Karabakh is a region in Azerbaijan, Qarabağ in Azerbaijani

Karabakh may also refer to:

• Karabakh Khanate, a feudal state (1747-1805)
• Karabakh Committee, a group of Armenian intellectuals striving for reunion of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenian SSR
• Karabakh carpet, a regional carpet style originating in Karabakh
• Karabakh dialect, a dialect of the Armenian language
• Karabakh horse, a mountain-steppe racing and riding horse
• FK Karabakh, soccer team playing in Azerbaijan football league

It also appears in the term Nagorno-Karabakh

• Nagorno-Karabakh, a region in the Caucasus
• Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, an oblast in Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
• Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a de facto republic in the Southern Caucasus