English Explanatory Dictionary

Aktau

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city (population 160,000), Kazakhstan's main seaport on the Caspian Sea. Official city name 1963-64 and since 1991.

Pronunciation

/ɑkˈtaʊ/

Word forms

Aktau

Etymology

From Kazakh Ақтау (Aqtau, literally “white mountain”), name which may be due to its cliffs that overlook the Caspian Sea.

Synonyms

Melovoye (1958-) Guryev-20 Shevchenko
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