Kirghiz

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Kir·ghiz

(kîr-gēz′)

adj. & n.

Variant of Kyrgyz.

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Kirghiz

(ˈkɜːɡɪz) or

Kirgiz

1. (Peoples) a variant spelling of Kyrgyz

2. (Languages) a variant spelling of Kyrgyz

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Kir•ghiz

or Kir•giz

(kɪrˈgiz)

n., pl. -ghiz•es or -giz•es, (esp. collectively) -ghiz or -giz.

1. a member of a Turkic people of Central Asia, living mainly in Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in W China.

2. the language of the Kirghiz.

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Noun	1.	Kirghiz - a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia Khirghiz, Kirgiz Turki - any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language
	2.	Kirghiz - 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, Kirghizia, Kirghizstan, Kirgiz 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
	3.	Kirghiz - the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz Khirghiz, Kirgiz Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar, Turki - a subfamily of Altaic languages

Translations

Kirgise Kirgisin kirgisisch

киргиз

Kirghiz

n → Kirgise m, → Kirgisin f

adj → kirgisisch

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A little behind, on a poor, small, lean Kirghiz mount with an enormous tail and mane and a bleeding mouth, rode a young officer in a blue French overcoat.

And turning to his men he directed a party to go on to the halting place arranged near the watchman's hut in the forest, and told the officer on the Kirghiz horse (who performed the duties of an adjutant) to go and find out where Dolokhov was and whether he would come that evening.

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Irtysch frequens [frequently in meadows near Irtysh River, s29], nec non in deserti Soongoro-Kirghisici [and certainly on the Kirghiz steppe, s32], arenosis ad lacum Noor-Saissan [growing on sand near Lake Zaysan, s29]."

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