Ta·dzhik·i·stan

(tä-jĭk′ĭ-stăn′, -stän′)

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Tadzhikistan

(tɑːˌdʒɪkɪˈstɑːn; -stæn) or

Tadjikistan

(Placename) variant spellings of Tajikistan

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Ta•dzhik•i•stan

(təˈdʒɪk əˌstæn, -ˌstɑn, -ˈdʒi kə-)

n.

Tajikistan. Former official name, Tadzhik′ So′viet So′cialist Repub′lic.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

Tadzhikistan - a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet

Republic of Tajikistan, Tadjik, Tajikistan, Tadzhik, Tajik

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

Tadzhikistan

[tɑˌdʒɪkɪˈstɑːn] N → Tayikistán m

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