Altai
1 Americannoun
noun
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a member of a grouping of peoples living mainly in the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Region of the Russian Federation.
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the Turkic language of the Altai.
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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.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
Birch trees, however, grow commonly in the Mongolian Altai, suggesting that locals had crafted the saddle themselves, not traded for it.
From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2023
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.
From Reuters • Aug. 12, 2023
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.
From Scientific American • Aug. 10, 2023
I imagined him trudging through the falling snow toward Altai, arriving in time for Christmas with my handkerchief in his breast pocket.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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