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Definition of Kirghizstan
1. Noun. A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991.
Group relationships: Cis, Commonwealth Of Independent States
Generic synonyms: Asian Country, Asian Nation
Terms within: Bishkek, Biskek, Capital Of Kyrgyzstan, Frunze, Pamir Mountains, The Pamirs
Group relationships: Asia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kirghizstan
Literary usage of Kirghizstan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Turkey: Thwarted Ambition by Simon V. Mayall (1997)
"Suppressed for nearly 70 years, these enthusiasms encompassed the new Turkic
states of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and kirghizstan, ..."
2. Saving the Tsars' Palaces by Christopher Morgan, Irina Orlova (2005)
"The young engineer officer from kirghizstan did not like the look of it at all
and wanted to blow it up but the curators pleaded with him not to do so. ..."
3. Foreign Direct Investment in China: Challenges and Prospects for Regional by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (2002)
"China's trade relations with Russia and Kazakhstan, kirghizstan and Tadzhikistan
are small in scale. There are, however, some salient characteristics in ..."
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