Kyrgyz
Britishnoun
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a member of a Mongoloid people of central Asia, inhabiting Kyrgyzstan and a vast area of central Siberia
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the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family
Example Sentences
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"We train mostly in the Alps," Kyrgyz skier Timur Shakirov says ahead of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Now, when the Kyrgyz go to the monarchies of the Gulf, they encounter modern societies where women work, drive and attend university, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
Remittances from hundreds of thousands of Kyrgyz labour migrants in Russia make up around a quarter of Kyrgyzstan's GDP, according to the World Bank.
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
On Saturday, Pakistan summoned a Kyrgyz diplomat to lodge a protest over the violence against its nationals.
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024
In December 2006, the Kyrgyz parliament voted to adopt new amendments, restoring some of the presidential powers lost in the November 2006 constitutional change.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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