Turkmenistan

Turk·men·i·stan  (tûrkmn--stn, -stän) Formerly also Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic A country of west-central Asia east of the Caspian Sea. Once part of ancient Persia and later ruled by Arabs (8th century), Turks (11th century), Mongols (13th-14th century), and Uzbeks (late 15th century), it was annexed by Russia in 1881 and became a constituent republic of the USSR in 1925. Turkmenistan declared its independence in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ashgabat is the capital and the largest city. Population: 5,100,000.

Turkmenistan

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Turkmenistan [ˌtɜːkmɛnɪˈstɑːn]

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(Placename) a republic in central Asia; the area has been occupied by a succession of empires; a Turkmen state was established in the 15th century but suffered almost continual civil strife and was gradually conquered by Russia; in 1918 it became a Soviet republic and gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991: deserts including the Kara Kum cover most of the region; agricultural communities are concentrated around oases; there are rich mineral deposits. Official language: Turkmen. Religion: believers are mainly Muslim. Currency: manat. Capital: Ashkhabad. Pop.: 5 462 000 (2001 est.). Area: 488 100 sq. km (186 400 sq. miles)

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Noun

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Turkmenistan - 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 Turkmenia, Turkomen, Turkmen 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 Ashkhabad, capital of Turkmenistan - the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan Kara Kum, Qara Qum, Turkestan Desert - a desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea 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

Translations

Turkmenistan [tɜːkˌmenɪsˈtɑːn] N → Turkmenistán m

Turkmenistan

n → Turkmenistan nt, → Turkmenien nt