Kazakhstan

American  

[kah-zahk-stahn] / ˌkɑ zɑkˈstɑn /

noun

1. a republic in central Asia, NE of the Caspian Sea and W of China. 1,049,155 sq. mi. (2,717,311 sq. km). Akmola.

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Kazakhstan British  

/ ˌkɑːzɑːkˈstæn, -ˈstɑːn /

noun

1. a republic in central Asia: conquered by Mongols in the 13th century; came under Russian control in the 18th and 19th centuries; was a Soviet republic from 1936 until it gained independence in 1991. It has rich mineral deposits and agriculture is important. Official language: Kazakh. Religion: nonreligious, Muslim, and Christian. Official currency: tenge. Capital: Astana (formerly Akmola, Akmolinsk, or Tselinograd); capital functions moved from Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata) in 1997. Pop: 17 736 896 (2013 est). Area: 2 715 100 sq km (1 048 030 sq miles)

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Kazakhstan Cultural  

1. Republic in west-central Asia, bordered on the northwest and north by Russia, on the east by China, on the south by Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and on the west by the Caspian Sea. Its capital and largest city is Alma-Ata.

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This former member of the Soviet Union declared its independence in 1990. It possesses valuable oil reserves.

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Violence in those waters has also led to disruptions for the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which Kazakhstan relies on to export its oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

O'Neill was not in charge for that defeat in Kazakhstan a year ago as it triggered the start of the end for Brendan Rodgers' second spell at Celtic Park.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Hundreds of thousands of men left Russia, leading to a rush on airline tickets and hourslong lines to cross the border into neighboring countries such as Georgia and Kazakhstan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Two months prior to Clarke's appointment, the national team had been humiliated in Kazakhstan.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

In 1932 and 1933 it took away the food crop harvest and next season's seed in the Soviet states that produced most of the nation's grain—Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Kazakhstan.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein