Məzrə, Ordubad

Məzrə
Municipality
Məzrə
Coordinates: 39°03′22″N 45°55′16″E
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
District	Ordubad
Population  (2005)^[citation needed]
• Total	139
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Məzrə (also, Mazrya) is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 40 km in the north-west from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening, farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 139.^[1]

Etymology

The previous name of the village was Məzrəurs. It is believed that the settlement is so called, because it was founded in the arable land called Məzrə of the village of Nurs. Məzrə مزرعه in Persian (itself originally from Arabic) means "suitable land for arable, arable land and field", "a settlement founded on the basis of arable lands, hamlet, a small settlement".^[2]

References

1. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. II. Baku: ANAS. p. 40. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
2. Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.

External links

• Məzrə, Ordubad at GEOnet Names Server