Turkestan
or Tur·ki·stan
[ tur-kuh-stan, -stahn, tur-kuh-stan, -stahn ]
/ ˈtɜr kəˌstæn, -ˌstɑn, ˌtɜr kəˈstæn, -ˈstɑn /
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noun
a vast region in western and central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the south central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan ), a strip of northern Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan ) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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Origin of Turkestan
First recorded in 1710–20; from Persian Torkestān; literally, “land of the Turks”
OTHER WORDS FROM Turkestan
Tur·ke·stan·i·an, adjective, nounWords nearby Turkestan
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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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