Kir·ghi·zia or Kir·gi·zia (kîr-g  zh , -zh-, -z-) See Kyrgyzstan. |
Kirghizia, Kirgizia [kɜːˈgɪzɪə]
n
(Placename) the former Russian name for Kyrgyzstan
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| Noun | 1. |  Kirghizia - a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 Bishkek, Biskek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, Frunze - the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991) Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations Pamir Mountains, the Pamirs - a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China |
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