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Chimkent

American  
[chim-kent, chyim-kyent] / tʃɪmˈkɛnt, tʃyɪmˈkyɛnt /

noun

  1. a city in S Kazakhstan, N of Tashkent.


Chimkent British  
/ tʃɪmˈkɛnt /

noun

  1. the Russian name for Shymkent

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Chimkent is visited by consumptive patients who wish to try the koumiss cure.

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