Alma-Ata

British  

/ ɑlˈmaaˈta /

noun

1. the former name of Almaty

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Example Sentences

The World Bank–IMF’s approach, however, seems to have ignored the primary health care systems promoted by the Alma-Ata Declaration in favor of free-market principles.

From Scientific American

Signed by 134 countries, the Alma-Ata Declaration set forth an ambitious goal: recognize health as a human right and ensure that the world’s population was healthy enough to lead productive lives by 2000.

From Washington Post

Imagine the relief that would suffuse you if, while nibbling zakuski with a group of oilmen from Kazakhstan, you knew to call their largest city Almaty — rather than its Soviet name, Alma-Ata.

From New York Times

So why had 10 national leaders rushed to my capital city, Alma-Ata, on December 21, 1991?

From Reuters

And another guest, now a New Yorker, traveled to the island to recall his youth in a city once called Alma-Ata — “the father of apples.”

From New York Times