Dagestan
geographical name
Da·ge·stan
| \ ˌda-gə-ˈstan
, ˌdä-gə-ˈstän\
, ˌdä-gə-ˈstän\
variants:
or Daghestan
Definition of Dagestan
autonomous republic of southeastern Russia in Europe on the western shore of the Caspian Sea and bordering on Azerbaijan and Georgia; capital Makhachkala area 19,421 square miles (50,300 square kilometers), population 2,910,249