Kirgiz

Kir·ghiz or Kir·giz  (kîr-gz)

n.

Variants of Kyrgyz.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Kirgiz - a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia Khirghiz, Kirghiz Turki - any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language
	2.	Kirgiz - a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991 Kirghizia, Kirghizstan, Kirgizia, Kirgizstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Kirghiz CIS, 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
	3.	Kirgiz - the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz Khirghiz, Kirghiz Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar, Turki - a subfamily of Altaic languages