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Kara Kum

American  
[kar-uh koom, koom, kahr-uh] / ˌkær ə ˈkum, ˈkʊm, ˌkɑr ə /
Or Qara Qum

noun

  1. a desert S of the Aral Sea, largely in Turkmenistan. About 110,000 sq. mi. (284,900 sq. km).

Kara Kum British  
/ kəra ˈkum /

noun

  1. a desert in Turkmenistan, covering most of the country: extensive areas now irrigated. Area: about 300 000 sq km (120 000 sq miles)

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But in daylight, the tinkling of silver bells and the aromatic incense of another age vanished like a mirage in the Kara Kum Desert.

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