Eastern Turkestan

Eastern Turkestan

noun
See under Turkestan.
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Tur·ke·stan

[tur-kuh-stan, -stahn]
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.

Tur·ke·stan·i·an, adjective, noun
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