What is "oghuz"

Oghuz or Oğuz may refer to:

• an early Turkic word for "tribe", see Oghuz (tribe)
• Oghuz languages, southwestern branch of the Turkic language family
• Oghuz Turks, the Turkic groups speaking Oghuz languages
• Oghuz Khan, a legendary and semi-mythological Turkic khan
• Oğuz (name), a Turkish masculine given name.
• Oghuz Rayon, an administrative district of Azerbaijan
• Oghuz (city), a city, municipality and capital of Oghuz Rayon, Azerbaijan

Oghuz (, Оғуз اوغوز) is a city and municipality in, and the capital of, the Oghuz Rayon of Azerbaijan Republic. Oghuz was known as Vartashen until 1991 and was renamed to Oghuz in 1991.