Kazakhstan

American  

[kah-zahk-stahn] / ˌkɑ zɑkˈstɑn /

noun

1. a republic in central Asia, NE of the Caspian Sea and W of China. 1,049,155 sq. mi. (2,717,311 sq. km). Akmola.

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Kazakhstan British  

/ ˌkɑːzɑːkˈstæn, -ˈstɑːn /

noun

1. a republic in central Asia: conquered by Mongols in the 13th century; came under Russian control in the 18th and 19th centuries; was a Soviet republic from 1936 until it gained independence in 1991. It has rich mineral deposits and agriculture is important. Official language: Kazakh. Religion: nonreligious, Muslim, and Christian. Official currency: tenge. Capital: Astana (formerly Akmola, Akmolinsk, or Tselinograd); capital functions moved from Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata) in 1997. Pop: 17 736 896 (2013 est). Area: 2 715 100 sq km (1 048 030 sq miles)

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Kazakhstan Cultural  

1. Republic in west-central Asia, bordered on the northwest and north by Russia, on the east by China, on the south by Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and on the west by the Caspian Sea. Its capital and largest city is Alma-Ata.

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This former member of the Soviet Union declared its independence in 1990. It possesses valuable oil reserves.

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Kazakhstan

First, Carla Ward's side will have to navigate a 3,100-mile trip to Kazakhstan, to tackle relatively unknown opposition.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Over the near term, new projects in Kazakhstan and Canada face risks that lead to a slower ramp-up of supply, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Along with fossil sites in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, the region is one of the few places where zhelestids have been preserved.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

He lobbied on behalf of the Kazakhstan Embassy and that country’s state-owned national oil and gas company, records show.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Erlan’s family is Kazakh, from Kazakhstan, and I’m half Korean, half Swiss, so we’re not even from the same sort of place.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff