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Ashkhabad

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Ash·kha·bad  (äshkä-bäd, -ä-bät)
See Ashgabat.
Ashkhabad (Russian) [aʃxaˈbat], Ashgabat [ˈɑːʃgəbæt (Turkmen) ɑʃgɑˈbɑt]
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(Placename) the capital of Turkmenistan. Pop.: 605 000 (1999 est.)
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Noun1.Ashkhabad - the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan
capital of Turkmenistan
Turkmenia, Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen - a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991


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