Kyzyl Kum
[ ki-zil -koom, koom ]
/ kɪˈzɪl ˈkum, ˈkʊm /
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noun
a desert in S Asia, SE of the Aral Sea, in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. About 90,000 sq. mi. (233,100 sq. km).
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Kyzyl Kum
/ (Russian kiˈzil ˈkum) /
noun
a desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
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