English Explanatory Dictionary

Aktobe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Northwest Kazakhstan with 375,000 inhabitants.

Word forms

Aktobe Aqtöbe

Etymology

From Kazakh Ақтөбе (Aqtöbe), a compound of ақ (aq, “white”) and төбе (töbe, “hill”), referring to the heights on which the original 19th century settlement was located.

Synonyms

Aktyubinsk
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