kazan

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003)
  2. noun an industrial city in the European part of Russia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian каза́н (kazán), from a Turkic language. Cognate with Azerbaijani qazan, Kazakh қазан (qazan), Turkish kazan, Uzbek qozon.

In classic literature

Synonyms

Elia Kazan, Elia Kazanjoglous

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