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A⋅ty⋅rau

[ah-ti-rou]
–noun
a port city in W Kazakhstan, at the mouth of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea. 142,500.
Also, A⋅ti⋅rau.
Formerly, Guryev.
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A·ty·rau or A·ti·rau   (ä'tē-rou')   
A city of western Kazakhstan at the mouth of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea. Founded in 1645 as a military outpost, it was a fishing port until the development of the region's petroleum resources in the 1930s. Population: 145,000.
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