Tajikistan (redirected from Tojikiston)

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, Tadzhikistan, Tadjikistan [tɑːˌdʒɪkɪˈstɑːn -stæn]

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(Placename) a republic in central Asia: under Uzbek rule from the 15th century until taken over by Russia in the 1860s, it became an autonomous Soviet republic in 1929 and gained full independence from the Soviet Union in 1991; it is mainly mountainous. Official language: Tajiki. Religion: believers are mainly Muslim. Currency: somoni. Capital: Dushanbe. Pop.: 6 252 000 (2001 est.). Area: 143 100 sq. km (55 240 sq. miles)

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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

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Tajikistan [tɑːdʒɪkɪsˈtɑːn] N → Tayikistán m

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Tajikistan [tɑːˌdʒɪkɪˈstɑːn] n → Tadjikistan m

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Tajikistan

n → Tadschikistan nt

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Tajikistan [tɑːˌdʒɪkɪˈstɑːn] n → il Tagikistan

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Tajikistan → طاجكستان Tádžikistán Tadsjikistan Tadschikistan Τατζικιστάν Tayikistán Tadžikistan Tadjikistan Tadžikistan Tagikistan タジキスタン 타지키스탄 Tadzjikistan Tadsjikistan Tadżykistan Tajiquistão Таджикистан Tajikistan ประเทศทาเจคกิสถาน Tacikistan nước Tajikistan 塔吉克斯坦