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KIRGIZ
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Kirgiz" is a kind of...):
Turki; Turkic; Turkic language; Turko-Tatar (a subfamily of Altaic languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
Synonyms:
Kirghiz; Kirghizia; Kirghizstan; Kirgiz; Kirgizia; Kirgizstan; Kyrgyz Republic; Kyrgyzstan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Kirgiz"):
Bishkek; Biskek; capital of Kyrgyzstan; Frunze (the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991))
Pamir Mountains; the Pamirs (a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China)
Holonyms ("Kirgiz" is a part of...):
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
Holonyms ("Kirgiz" is a member of...):
CIS; Commonwealth of Independent States (an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A member of a people vast regions of central Siberia
Synonyms:
Khirghiz; Kirghiz; Kirgiz
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Kirgiz" is a kind of...):
Turki (any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language)
