kazan

noun1

1. •
   a cauldron or cooking pot used in Central Asian cuisine

noun3

1. •
   The capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.
2. •
   (historical) A former governate in Russia, existing from 1708 to 1920. Capital: Kazan.
3. •
   (historical) the Khanate of Kazan, a Tatar Turkic state that occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552.