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(kîr-gē′zhə, -zhē-ə)

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Kirghizia

(kɜːˈɡɪzɪə) or

Kirgizia

(Placename) the former Russian name for Kyrgyzstan

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Kir•ghi•zia

(kɪrˈgi ʒə, -ʒi ə)

n.

former name of Kyrgyzstan. Former official name, Kirghiz′ So′viet So′cialist Repub′lic.

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Kirghizia - a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991

Kirgizia, Kirgizstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Kirghizstan, Kirgiz, Kirghiz

CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991

Bishkek, Biskek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, Frunze - the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991)

Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations

Pamir Mountains, the Pamirs - a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China

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Kirghizia

Kirgizia [ˌkɜːˈgɪzɪə] N → Kirguizia f

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Kirghizia

[kɜː^rˈgɪziə] n → Kirghizistan m

Kirghizia

n → Kirgisien nt

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Kirghizia

[ˌkɜːˈgɪzɪə] n → Kirghizistan m

References in periodicals archive ?

The rest of the team includes Roman Abildaev (Russia), Vitaly Akimov (Russia), Tursunali Aubakirov (Kazakhstan), Mikhail Danichkin (Kyrgyzia), Ildar Gabbasov(Kazakhstan), Eugeny Glazunov (Russia), Dmitry Muraviov(Kazakhstan), Serguey Seliverstov(Kyrgyzia), Pavel Vorobjov (Russia)according to the website Russian Climb.

Foreign climbers set out to summit K2 for first time in winter

Moritz Florin poses a question of whether there existed a dissident movement in the Soviet periphery, using the example of Kyrgyzia: he states that although there were no anti-Soviet groups proper there, the Kyrgyz government elite as well as the local intelligentsia could sometimes behave in a way that ran counter to decisions made in Moscow, which made those groups an opposition of sorts to the state center.

Socialist consumption and Brezhnev's stagnation: a reappraisal of late communist everyday life

With Taliban support, the IMU has built-up these bases to conduct operations in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzia. The Taliban have mobilized about 15000 fighters in the north and are jointly carrying-out targeted operations in these areas, which are considered strong-holds of Ahmed Shah Masood and General Dostum .