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Turkmenistan

turk·me·nis·tan

UK/ˌtɜːkmɛn.ɪˈstɑːn/ US/tɚkˈmɛn.ɪ.stæn/ uncommon

noun

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a republic in Asia east of the Caspian Sea and south of Kazakhstan and north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991

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From Turkmen Türkmenistan, from Türkmen (“Turk-like; Turkmen”) + Classical Persian ـستان (-istān, “-stan”). By surface analysis, Turkmen + -istan.

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