Tajikistan

//təˈdʒiːkɪˌstɑːn// name

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Definitions

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  1. 1
    A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Tajikistan. Capital: Dushanbe.

    "Several officers are going to train border police in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which border Afghanistan, and in several other countries."

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republic of tajikistantadjiktadzhiktadzhikistantajik

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"China shares borders with Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mongolia and Russia."

Etymology

From Classical Persian تَاجِیکِسْتَان (tājīkistān) (from which Tajik Тоҷикистон (Tojikiston)). By surface analysis, Tajik + -i- + -stan.

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