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Kazakhstan

ka·zakhs·tan

UK/ˌkæzəkˈstɑːn/ US/ˈkæzəkˌstɑːn/ uncommon

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a landlocked republic south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991

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Borrowed from Russian Казахста́н (Kazaxstán). Analyzable as Kazakh + -stan.

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