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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southern Kyrgyzstan east-southeast of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. One of the oldest settlements of Central Asia, it was long a major silk-producing center.

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  • proper noun The second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan.

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Examples

  • OSH - Kyrgyzstan's interim leader is expected to fly to Osh, epicentre of ethnic bloodshed, to vote on Sunday in a referendum likely to pave the way for the creation of

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • ISLAMABAD/OSH: A Pakistani student has been killed and around 15 reportedly taken hostage in Kyrgyzstan's riot-stricken southern city of Osh, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah

    arabnews - frontpage 2010

  • OSH -- The Kyrgyz government is asking university students to teach at secondary schools in the southern city of Osh due to a shortage of teachers, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz

    Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 2010

  • OSH - Kyrgyzstan's interim leader is expected to fly to Osh, epicentre of ethnic bloodshed, to vote on Sunday in a referendum likely to pave the way for the creation of

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • ОШ uzbek 2010 06 12 osh vokiyasi uzbek qirgizston oshda halok bo ` lganlar bolganlar karasuu kara-suu qorasuv millatchilik ifloslik Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds wounded in clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbek, which broke out in the southern city of Osh on Friday.

    WN.com - Articles related to Medvedev to tour Silicon Valley, seek investors 2010

  • Observers note that harassment of Uzbeks in Osh is nothing new.

    Uzbek minority still faces persecution as Kyrgyzstan goes to polls Luke Harding 2010

  • The Korasu Bazaar in Osh is a major trading post for goods sold in Andijon bazaars.

    Wanderlustress: 2005

  • The Korasu Bazaar in Osh is a major trading post for goods sold in Andijon bazaars.

    Update 2005

  • We need to open one more military base in Osh city and set up the American transit center in Batken instead of Bishkek, Diesel Forum user Dizelist said [ru].

    Global Voices in English » Kyrgyzstan Sets Up the Anti-terrorist Centre 2009

  • Voters turned out peacefully across the nation, including in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan's largest city and the scene of most of the inter-ethnic fighting.

    Kyrgyzstan Votes for New Parliament 2010

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