Kosonsoy

Kosonsoy, also spelled Kasansay and sometimes written Kasan, is a city in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan, and the seat of Kasansay District. The name is taken from the river Kasan, which flows from the high mountains of Kyrgyzstan toward Turakurgan District in Namangan Region; the word soy comes from Sogdian-Tajik and means a brook. English Wikipedia also records an ancient form of the name, Kathan, linked in its text to the Great Kushan empire. Alternative renderings include the Cyrillic Косонсой, the Tajik Косонсой and the Russian Касансай, and the city is held in the atlas as one of the district seats of Namangan Region.