Kirghizia

Examples

• All

• The republic was dissolved after Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union, and ethnic Germans were exiled to the Central Asian republics of Kirghizia, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, and particularly Kazakhstan.

  Academic text (1991)

• Kirghizia, a former Soviet republic, is now known as Kirghizia.

• The leaders of Kirghizia declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

• During the conference, delegates discussed the newly named Kirghizia and its potential for growth.

Synonyms

K

Kyrgyzstan

vsKirghizia

11 6.9

A landlocked country in Central Asia next to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China, independent since 1991

is the Soviet-period official name rather than the postindependence title

K

Kirghizstan

vsKirghizia

1 8.0

A landlocked country in Central Asia now officially called Kyrgyzstan

is the Soviet-era official name rather than the modern state name

K

Kirgizia

vsKirghizia

• Literature

9.6

A former name for Kyrgyzstan used during the Soviet era

is the earlier official name used under Soviet rule

K

Kirgiz

vsKirghizia

8.8

An alternative spelling of Kyrgyzstan, the landlocked country in Central Asia

is the old official name and not just a spelling variant

K

Kirgizstan

vsKirghizia

6.7

A country in Central Asia, also called Kyrgyzstan, known for its high mountains

is the former official name used before independence

K

Kyrgyz Republic

vsKirghizia

• Formal

7.5

The official name of Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked country in Central Asia

is the earlier Soviet official name not the contemporary formal title

Surface Forms

Etymology