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Altai

[al-tahy; Russ. uhl-tahy]

Al·tai

[al-tahy; Russ. uhl-tahy]
noun
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 2,675,000; 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
Also, Altay.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Al·tai

[al-tahy]
noun, plural -tais, (especially collectively) -tai for 1.
1.
a member of a grouping of peoples living mainly in the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Region of the Russian Federation.
2.
the Turkic language of the Altai.
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Altai

kray (region), southwestern Siberia, Russia. Altay kray lies in the basin of the upper Ob River and its headstreams, the Biya and Katun. The kray borders Kazakhstan in the southwest.

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