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Kazakhstan

noun

a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991

• Syn: ↑Republic of Kazakhstan, ↑Kazakstan, ↑Kazakh, ↑Kazak

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Asian country, ↑Asian nation

• Member Holonyms: ↑Commonwealth of Independent States, ↑CIS

• Part Holonyms: ↑Asia

• Member Meronyms: ↑Kazakhstani

• Part Meronyms: ↑Almaty, ↑Alma-Ata

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Kazakhstan [Kazakhstan] [ˌkæzəkˈstæn] [ˌkæzəkˈstæn] [ˌkæzəkˈstɑːn] [ˌkæzəkˈstɑːn] noun singular

a country in central Asia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.