Turkestan
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Persian ترکستان (Torkestân), from Middle Persian twlkstʾn' (Turkestān), from twlk' (Turk) + -stʾn' (-estān).
Proper noun
Turkestan
- (historical) The regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west.
Translations
a historical region in Asia
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See also
Former Russian Turkestan (before 1917 revolution):
Former Chinese Turkestan:
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