KIRGHIZSTAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does Kirghizstan mean?
• KIRGHIZSTAN (noun)
The noun KIRGHIZSTAN has 1 sense:
1. a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
Familiarity information: KIRGHIZSTAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• KIRGHIZSTAN (noun)
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:
Kirghizia; Kirghizstan; Kirgizia; Kirgizstan; Kyrgyz Republic; Kyrgyzstan; Kirghiz; Kirgiz
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Kirghizstan"):
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 ("Kirghizstan" 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 ("Kirghizstan" 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)
