Turkestan

or Tur·ki·stan

[ tur-kuh-stan, -stahn ]

/ ˌtɜr kəˈstæn, -ˈstɑn /

noun

a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan), a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Related formsTur·ke·stan·i·an, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for turkestan

The whole campaign was really directed against the western Turks, to whom Turkestan had become subject.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]|Wolfram Eberhard
Nor is it easier to estimate the number of those at present living in slavery in Turkestan.
Sketches of Central Asia (1868)|Arminius Vmbry
The tother way is for to go from the city of Turkestan by Persia, and by that way be many journeys by desert.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville|John Mandeville
A part of it drew back to northern Turkestan, founded the town Djemuket, and soon enjoyed a flourishing condition.
Sketches of Central Asia (1868)|Arminius Vmbry

What the bull-fight is in Spain, and horse-racing in England, these combats of rams are in Turkestan.
Sketches of Central Asia (1868)|Arminius Vmbry

British Dictionary definitions for turkestan

Turkestan

Turkistan

/ (ˌtɜːkɪˈstɑːn) /

noun

an extensive region of central Asia between Siberia in the north and Tibet, India, Afghanistan, and Iran in the south: formerly divided into West (Russian) Turkestan (also called Soviet Central Asia), comprising present-day Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan and the S part of Kazakhstan, and East (Chinese) Turkestan, approximating to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China

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