English Explanatory Dictionary

Kyzylorda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Kazakhstan, the country's capital from 1925 to 1929.

Word forms

Kyzylorda

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Кызылорда́ (Kyzylordá), from Kazakh Қызылорда (Qyzylorda), from қызыл (qyzyl, “red”) (used here in the common Soviet ideological connotation) + орда (orda, “horde”).

Synonyms

Ak-Mechet Fort-Perovsky Perovsk Kzyl-Orda
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