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Altay

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
Alternative form of Altai. alt-of, alternative
"The Altay Mountains to the north prevent rain clouds from reaching the Gurbantünggüt Desert, which fills the center of the Junggar Basin in China's northwest corner."
2
A prefecture in northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
"The Kazaks were struggling in poverty before liberation. Some 2,000 people died of starvation in the Altay Prefecture from 1944 to 1945, and 40 per cent of the Kazak herdsmen in Altay County alone were homeless in 1946."
3
A county-level city of Altay prefecture, in far northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Noun

1
Alternative form of Altai. alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

Etymology

Etymology 1

Transliteration of Kazakh التاي (Altay) and Uyghur ئالتاي (altay), from Mongolic, from Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰖𐰃𐱁 (l¹t¹un¹:y¹iš /⁠altun yïš⁠/, literally “Golden Mountain”).

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