country name, of unknown origin, perhaps from Old Persian Aturpatakan, from Greek Atropatene, from the Persian satrap Atropates, who ruled there in the time of Alexander the Great; or from local azer "fire" + baydjan (Iranian baykan) "guardian," in reference to fire-worship.
雙語例句
1. Nagorno-Karabakh is an Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan.
納戈爾諾-卡拉巴赫是阿塞拜疆境內(nèi)亞美尼亞人聚居的一塊飛地。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Azerbaijan has been the odd man out, the one republic not to hold democratic elections.
阿塞拜疆沒有舉行民主選舉，是這些共和國中的異類。
來自柯林斯例句
3. For now, however, democracy in Azerbaijan appears to be a receding dream.
可是目前, 在阿塞拜疆的民主似乎是一個逐漸消滅的夢想.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. In Azerbaijan, opposition activists are regularly harassed and locked up.