Altai

¹ American  

[al-tahy, uhl-tahy] / ˈæl taɪ, ʌlˈtaɪ /

Or Altay

noun

1. a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Barnaul.

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Altai ² American  

[al-tahy] / ˈæl taɪ /

noun

PLURAL

Altais

PLURAL

Altai

1. a member of a grouping of peoples living mainly in the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Region of the Russian Federation.

2. the Turkic language of the Altai.

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Example Sentences

Scientists on Wednesday said a new method for extracting ancient DNA identified the object's long-ago owner - a Stone Age woman closely related to a population of hunter-gatherers known to have lived in a part of Siberia east of the cave site in the foothills of the Altai Mountains in Russia.

From Reuters

Located in the Altai Mountains near the border of modern-day Mongolia and China, one contained the opulent tombs of aristocrats, whereas the other was a less elaborate graveyard for local elites.

From Science Magazine

Six came from the mountainous Altai region near/in Mongolia, dating to between 5500 and 7500 years ago.

From Science Magazine

Five of these so-called Altai hunter-gatherers belonged to a population that apparently gave rise to several later peoples who spread throughout the Central Asian steppe during the Bronze Age.

From Science Magazine

In August, the Department for Family and Children in Russia’s Krasnodar region posted a statement on its website that more than 1,000 children from Ukraine had been adopted by families in distant cities including Tyumen, Irkutsk, Kemerovo and even the Altai Territory, more than 2,000 miles from Ukraine.

From Washington Post