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Tur·ke·stan

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–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.

Also, Turkistan.

—Related forms

Tur·ke·stan·i·an, adjective, noun

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Tur·ke·stan Audio Help (tûr'kĭ-stān', -stän') Pronunciation Key
See Turkistan.

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Tur·ki·stan also Tur·ke·stan Audio Help (tûr'kĭ-stān', -stän') Pronunciation Key
A historical region of west-central Asia extending east from the Caspian Sea into western China and south from the Aral Sea into Afghanistan. It has long been a crossroads for trade and conquest between East and West.

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