Al·ma·ty (äl m -t  ) Formerly Al·ma-A·ta (älm-ät, l-mä-tä) A city of Kazakhstan in the southeast part of the country near the border of Kyrgyzstan. Founded in the 1850s as a Russian fort and trading post, the city served as the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1997 and is the commercial and cultural center of the country. Population: 1,180,000. |
Almaty [ælˈmɑːtɪ]
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(Placename) a city in SE Kazakhstan; capital of Kazakhstan (1991-97): an important trading centre. Pop.: 1 129 400 (1999) Former name (until 1927) Verny Also called Alma-Ata
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| Noun | 1. |  Almaty - the largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazak, Kazakh - a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 |
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