English Explanatory Dictionary

Issyk Kul

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A large freshwater endorheic lake in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan.
  2. A region of Kyrgyzstan.

Word forms

Issyk Kul Issyk-Kul Ysyk Köl

Etymology

From Kyrgyz Ысык-Көл (Isık-Köl) "hot lake" via Russian Иссык-Ку́ль (Issyk-Kúlʹ).

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