Kirghiz
Americannoun
plural
Kirghizes,plural
Kirghiz-
a member of a formerly nomadic people dwelling chiefly in Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan).
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the Turkic language of the Kirghiz.
noun
Example Sentences
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There are only Kalmucks and Kirghiz people here.
From Time Magazine Archive
In each case there were nomadic tribes�the Tartars, Kirghiz and Samoyeds in Siberia like the Indians in America�who learned to their cost that bows and arrows seldom win against muskets and cannon.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Sakin Begmatova, Foreign Minister of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic,* began by stating, "We wanted to make sure that no one strangles the Afghans' people's revolution."
From Time Magazine Archive
From the rugged Kirghiz steppes they came, from the Hi River basin, from the trackless plains of sprawling Russia and from Moscow.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was during these troubles that Alim Kuli, a Kirghiz chieftain, appeared upon the scene.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
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