Issyk-Kul

American  

[is-ik-kool, ee-sik-kool] / ˈɪs ɪkˈkʊl, iˈsɪkˈkul /

Russian Ysyk-Köl

noun

1. a mountain lake in NE Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan). 2,250 sq. mi. (5,830 sq. km).

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Issyk-Kul British  

/ isˈsikˈkulj /

noun

1. a lake in NE Kyrgyzstan in the Tian Shan mountains, at an altitude of 1609 m (5280 ft): one of the largest mountain lakes in the world. Area: 6200 sq km (2390 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The event, now in its third year, drew designers and fashion-industry figures from about 20 countries to shimmering Lake Issyk-Kul to admire outfits drawing on Kyrgyzstan’s millennia-old nomadic culture.

From Seattle Times

Based on their analysis of the preserved genetic material, the researchers report that the Black Death arrived in 1338 or 1339 near Issyk-Kul, a lake in a mountainous area just west of China in what is now Kyrgyzstan.

From New York Times

Zhaparov’s supporters, who forced the president’s resignation, were bused to the capital from his home region of Issyk-Kul.

From Washington Times

Fresh from completing some 800km across Drake Passage, from the tip of South America to Antarctica, Bellamy had next set his sights on the longest unassisted swim across Issyk-Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan.

From Reuters

The pandemic meant Bellamy also had to shelve his project to swim across Issyk-Kul but time stuck indoors has got him thinking.

From Reuters