Tajikistan

Ta·jik·i·stan Formerly Ta·dzhik·i·stan  (tä-jk-stn, -stän) or Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic A country of south-central Asia. The region was settled by the Tajik before the 10th century and conquered by Mongols in the 13th century. By the mid-19th century it was divided among several weak khanates. The region was acquired by Russia in 1895 and was a constituent republic of the USSR from 1929 to 1991, when it declared its independence. Dushanbe is the capital and the largest city. Population: 7,080,000.

Tajikistan

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Tajikistan - a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet Republic of Tajikistan, Tadjik, Tadzhikistan, Tajik, Tadzhik 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 capital of Tajikistan, Dusanbe, Dushanbe, Dyushambe, Stalinabad - the capital of Tajikistan; formerly Stalinabad 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 Communism Peak, Mount Communism, Mount Garmo, Stalin Peak - the highest mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains; near the Chinese border in northeastern Tajikistan (24,590 feet high) 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 Tadzhik, Tajik - a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China

Translations

Tajikistan [tɑːdʒɪkɪˈstɑːn] n → Tayikistán m

Tajikistan [tædʒɪkɪˈstɑːn] n → Tadjikistan m/f

Tajikistan [tɑːdʒɪkɪˈstɑːn] n → Tadschikistan nt

Tajikistan [tɑːdʒɪkɪˈstɑːn] n → Tagikistan m