Astana

[ahs-tah-nah]

noun

1. the capital city of Kazakhstan, in the northern part, on the Ishim River.

Astana

/ æˈstænə /

noun

1. Former names: Akmolinsk.  Tselinograd.  Akmola. the capital of Kazakhstan, in the N of the country; replaced Almaty as capital in 1997; an important railway junction. Pop: 335 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

By real world, Bellamy meant the aforementioned obstacles he and his players had to overcome in order to win in Astana.

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Astana is an unusual place, a shiny – somewhat soulless – concrete metropolis purpose built in 1997 as the new capital city of the country.

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After facing Kazakhstan in Astana, Wales host Canada in a friendly five days later.

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Then came their longest ever European trip, a 7,000-mile round journey to Kazakhstan to play Astana.

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She said the university would also be looking for international partnerships and in December 2024 it announced that there were discussions about opening its first overseas branch in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.

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