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Noun: Kazan  ku'zan
  1. An industrial city in the European part of Russia, it is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
     
  2. United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003)
    - Elia Kazan, Elia Kazanjoglous

Type of: city, director, metropolis, theater director [US], theatre director, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Russia, Russian Federation

Encyclopedia: Kazan, Nicholas