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Kirghiz

noun

A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia. Synonyms: Khirghiz, Kirgiz.

A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991. Synonyms: Kirghizia, Kirghizstan, Kirgiz, Kirgizia, Kirgizstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyzstan.

The Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz. Synonyms: Khirghiz, Kirgiz.

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... language note: in March 1996, the Kyrgyzstani legislature amended the constitution to make Russian an official language, along with Kirghiz, in territories and work places where Russian-speaking ...

— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... [The Kirghiz between the Yangi Hissar River and Sirikol are the only people using the horse generally in the plough, oxen being employed in the plains, and yaks in Sirikol. (Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon, ...

— The Travels of Marco Polo Volume 1 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa

... cities and narrow strips of sky. What I need is a thousand lances at a gallop, and a little Kirghiz ...

— The Dark Star • Robert W. Chambers

Words linked to "Kirghiz" : Turkic, CIS, Turkic language, Asian nation, the Pamirs, Asia, Pamir Mountains, Bishkek, Frunze, Asian country, Kirgizstan, Turki, capital of Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States, Biskek, Turko-Tatar