Alma-Ata
Britishnoun
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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 ● Mar. 12, 2014
He was the primary consultant to the World Health Organization on the international Alma-Ata Declaration, adopted at a 1978 conference in Alma-Ata, now Altmaty, Kazakhstan.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2010
But within 15 minutes the Concordski was level and cruising comfortably ten miles above ground, racing at twice the speed of sound toward Alma-Ata, 1,931 miles away.
From Time Magazine Archive
China has cautiously proposed joint-venture projects, and even the South Koreans have offered a taste of free enterprise with a fast-food restaurant in the Kazakhstan capital of Alma-Ata.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was more death and damage in Alma-Ata than was at first reported in the Soviet media.
From Time Magazine Archive
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