Turkestan

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Meanings

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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.

/ˌtɜː(ɹ)kɪˈstɑːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Turkestan.wav /ˌtɜɹkɪˈstæn/ /ˈtɜɹkɪˌstæn/

Turkestan Turkistan

From Persian ترکستان (torkestân), from Middle Persian twlkstʾn' (Turkestān), from twlk' (Turk) + -stʾn' (-estān). By surface analysis, Turk + -estan.

Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Tibet Xinjiang

Chinese Turkestan Eastern Turkestan Turkestani East Turkestan Republic

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