karakul

noun

1. A sheep of a Central Asian breed.
2. A type of hat made from the wool of these sheep.

   “The karakul hats took me back to a stifling summer afternoon in Kiev and the memory of a squadron of Cossack cavalry exercising down a cobbled street […].”

name

1. A lake in Tajikistan.
2. A lake in Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.