Kyzyl

American  

[ki-zil] / kɪˈzɪl /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Tuva Autonomous Republic, in the S Russian Federation in Asia.

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Example Sentences

Sayana Mongush, an activist and journalist in the regional capital of Kyzyl, told the Guardian that it was shocking Salchak’s grandparents didn’t have any phone or internet connection, especially since defence minister and Tuva native Sergei Shoigu previously promoted archeological digs at an ancient fortress located in their district.

From The Guardian

Kongar-ol Ondar, a Master of a Vocal Art, Dies at 51 Kongar-ol Ondar, an internationally renowned master of Tuvan throat singing, the Central Asian vocal art in which a singer produces two or more notes simultaneously — and which to the uninitiated sounds like the bewitching, remarkably harmonious marriage of a vacuum cleaner and a bumblebee — died on July 25 in Kyzyl, Tuva’s capital.

From New York Times

Ondar died at a hospital in Kyzyl, the capital of Tuva, a Central Asian republic of Russia that borders Mongolia, said Sean Quirk, a longtime friend of the singer and manager of the Tuvan throat-singing ensemble Alash.

From Reuters

Altynalmas owns the development-stage Kyzyl gold project in northeastern Kazakhstan.

From Reuters

Turquoise Hill, formerly known as Ivanhoe Mines and based in Vancouver, Canada, acquired an interest in the Kyzyl project in 1996 and took its stake in Altynalmas in 2008.

From Reuters