Definition of "Tashkent"

Tashkent

/ˌtɑːʃˈkɛnt/

proper noun
1. The capital city of Uzbekistan.
  Quotations
  The Uzbek opera house and the Uzbek dramatic theater, both in Tashkent, are of recent origin and arose under Soviet influence.
  1948, Henry A. Wallace, Andrew Jacob Steiger, Soviet Asia Mission‎, page 103