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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Tur•ke•stan (tûr′kə stan′, -stän′),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan), a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Also, Turkistan. Tur′ke•stan′i•an, adj., n. |