Turkmenistan
- proper noun
- /tɜrkmɛnɪˈstɑn/
- The capital city of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, is known for its unique architecture.
- gas from Turkmenistan
- Turkmenistan President
- Turkmenistan's pipeline
Examples
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Uzbekistan, with 23 million inhabitants, has the largest population, while Turkmenistan has the smallest, at 4.5 million.
Academic text (1998) -
Of the three dozen airports in Turkmenistan, only five have sufficient runways for a 747.
Fiction book (1997) -
Recent behavior suggests that Turkmenistan is beginning to achieve success and is fast becoming an autonomous economic actor.
Academic text (1994) -
Much like Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan, it was a state before it was a nation.
Academic text (2000) -
Similar to Uzbekistan, popular legitimacy in Turkmenistan is seen as something less than critical for the maintenance of power.
Academic text (1994) -
Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, the United States, and India are other important actors.
Academic text (1997) -
ARS researchers, along with cooperators in China, France, Israel, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan, began plant studies and identified potential natural enemies.
Academic text (2000) -
So peace will not bring pipelines to Armenia or prosperity to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
Academic text (2000) -
Central routes use Iran, Turkmenistan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Pakistan, Turkey, the Black Sea, and Ukraine.
Academic text (2007) -
N50 Saparmurat Niyazov, former president of Turkmenistan, quickly renegotiated prices to $100.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
The former name of Turkmenistan when it was a Soviet republic
A former Soviet republic in Central Asia now called Turkmenistan
Surface Forms
Morphology
Turkmenistan = Turkmen (transparent) = Turkmen + istan
Formed from the ethnonym 'Turkmen' plus the widely used place-name suffix '-istan' meaning 'land of', so the country name is directly derivable.
Etymology
Turkmenistan comes from the name of the Turkmen people plus the Persian ending -stan, which means 'land' or 'place'. The same -stan appears in Pakistan and Afghanistan, so Turkmenistan means 'land of the Turkmen', and that is why it is the country's name.