KIRGHIZ
Dictionary entry overview: What does Kirghiz mean?
• KIRGHIZ (noun)
The noun KIRGHIZ has 3 senses:
1. a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia
2. a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
3. the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz
Familiarity information: KIRGHIZ used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• KIRGHIZ (noun)
Meaning:
A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Khirghiz; Kirghiz; Kirgiz
Hypernyms ("Kirghiz" is a kind of...):
Turki (any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language)
Meaning:
A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Kyrgyzstan; Kyrgyz Republic; Kirgizstan; Kirgizia; Kirghizstan; Kirghizia; Kirgiz; Kirghiz
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Kirghiz"):
Bishkek; Biskek; capital of Kyrgyzstan; Frunze (the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991))
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)
Holonyms ("Kirghiz" is a part of...):
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)
Holonyms ("Kirghiz" is a member of...):
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)
Meaning:
The Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Khirghiz; Kirghiz; Kirgiz
Hypernyms ("Kirghiz" is a kind of...):
Turki; Turkic; Turkic language; Turko-Tatar (a subfamily of Altaic languages)
