Dagestan

geographical name

Da·​ge·​stan ˌda-gə-ˈstan 

ˌdä-gə-ˈstän

variants or Daghestan

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