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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

67 4.2
A large country in Central Asia that used to be part of the Soviet Union
  • proper noun
  • /kæzækˈstæn/
translation icon : Kazajistán
  • The capital city of Kazakhstan is Nur-Sultan, which was previously known as Astana.
  • Central Asia and Kazakhstan
  • Republic of Kazakhstan
  • oil in Kazakhstan

But but people know that in Kazakhstan there were super secret facilities.

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Examples

  • Central Asia: Central Asia has vast oil and gas resources, particularly in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Immediate attention must be focused on both Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan as co-stabilizers of the region.

    Academic text (1996)
  • But but people know that in Kazakhstan there were super secret facilities.

  • Children in Kazakhstan get food because of me.

  • When you come to Kazakhstan, - you can stay in my house.

  • Remember that foreign exchange student from Kazakhstan?

  • What are you doing here in Kazakhstan?

  • Perhaps the plane is sitting to this day someplace in Kazakhstan or elsewhere.

  • A second Islamic party, named Alash for the National Independence of Kazakhstan, was established in April 1990.

    Academic text (1994)
  • An example of this is Kazakhstan's agreement with Chevron to exploit the Tengiz oil fields.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

Kazakh
vsKazakhstan
1 4.8

A country in Central Asia south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea

is the present country name without the specific Soviet-era label
Republic of Kazakhstan
vsKazakhstan
4.4

A country in Central Asia south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea

is the common geographic name rather than the formal title
Kazakstan
vsKazakhstan
4.8

A landlocked country in Central Asia south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea, often spelled Kazakhstan

is the standard modern spelling used internationally
Kazak
vsKazakhstan
6.9

A former Soviet republic in Central Asia now called Kazakhstan

is the modern independent country rather than the old Soviet republic

Compounds

A country in Central Asia south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea

Surface Forms

Kazakhstan main

Morphology

Kazakhstan = Kazakh (transparent) = Kazakh + stan

Formed from the recognizable base 'Kazakh' plus the productive country-name suffix '-stan', so the meaning 'land of the Kazakhs' is compositionally clear.

Etymology

Kazakhstan comes from Kazakh, a word for a 'free' or 'wandering' person, and the Persian -stan, which means 'land' (the same ending in Pakistan and Afghanistan). So Kazakhstan means 'land of the Kazakhs' or roughly 'land of the free people', which is why it is the name of that large country in Central Asia.