turkistan

/T ER1 K IH0 S T AE0 N/

noun

1
A city, the regional capital of Turkistan, Kazakhstan.
2
A region of Kazakhstan.
3
Alternative spelling of Turkestan. [(historical) The regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west.]

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