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Atyrau

American  
[ah-ti-rou] / ˈɑ tɪˌraʊ /
Or Atirau

noun

  1. a port city in W Kazakhstan, at the mouth of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea.


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The train took 17 hours to reach the remote Kazakh oil city of Atyrau on the Caspian Sea.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2022

The next day, exhausted in Atyrau, you filed a lost luggage report for both bags and kept all the printed evidence.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2022

According to the TV channel, airlines will resume domestic flights to the cities of Shymkent, Turkestan and Atyrau, as well as flights to Moscow and Dubai, starting from 3 p.m.

From Washington Times • Jan. 7, 2022

Taraz scores early, then plays nimble defence, blocking a near-goal from Atyrau by batting away the goat midair.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2017

Mr. Tazhayakov’s page indicates he comes from Atyrau, a petroleum center at the mouth of the Ural River.

From New York Times • May 2, 2013