[tur-kuh-stan, -stahn] 
| 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 (tûr'kĭ-stān', -stän') See Turkistan. |
| Tur·ki·stan also Tur·ke·stan (tûr'kĭ-stān', -stän') 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. |
kəˈstæn