1) Divided region 2) Geographic area 3) Geographic region 4) Geographical area 5) Geographical region 6) Region of central Asia 7) Turkistan
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1) Turkistan
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Turkestan, also spelt as Turkistan, literally means `Land of the Turks`. ==Etymology == The term Turkestan is of Persian (ترکستان) origin and was believed to have never been in use to denote a single nation although it was at one time ruled by an Emperor. It was first used by Persian geographers to describe the place of Turkish peoples. A.....
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city, southern Kazakhstan, in the Syr Darya plain. An ancient centre of the caravan trade, it was known as Shavgar and later as Yas. It became a ...
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Literally, the land of the Turks. An immense, ancient territory in Central Asia stretching from the Caspian Sea in the west and extending into China's present-day Xinjiang Autonomous Region and northern Afghanistan in the east. Includes a large part of Kazakhstan (q.v.).
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(region) Historical area of Central Asia extending from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Gobi desert in the east. It is now divided among Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan (Northeast province), and China (part of Xinjiang Uygur province). It formerly c...
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a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in Chinaora strip of N Afghanistan, and the areacomprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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