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Altai
1[al-tahy, uhl-tahy]
noun
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Barnaul.
Altai
2[al-tahy]
noun
plural
Altais ,plural
Altai .a member of a grouping of peoples living mainly in the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Region of the Russian Federation.
the Turkic language of the Altai.
Example Sentences
The Pazyryk "ice mummies" were found inside ice tombs in the Altai mountains in Siberia in the 19th century, but it has been difficult to see the tattoos.
In April 2015, looters sacked an ancient cave burial at a site called Urd Ulaan Uneet high within the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia.
Birch trees, however, grow commonly in the Mongolian Altai, suggesting that locals had crafted the saddle themselves, not traded for it.
A detachment of warships, including the destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov, the landing ship Alexander Otrakovsky and the rescue tug Altai went to the Arctic, the ministry said.
And as a more ancient example, genetic analyses have revealed that women migrated 54,000 years ago in clans of Neandertals in the Altai Mountains in Central Asia.
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