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Qŭqon
(ko͞o-kônˈ, ᴋʜo͞o-ᴋʜônˈ) or Ko·kand (kō-kăndˈ)
noun A city of eastern Uzbekistan southeast of Tashkent. It was the center of a powerful khanate in the 18th century and was conquered by Russia in 1876. Population: 187,000.