Baikonur

//ˌbaɪkəˈnʊɚ// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia, constructed to service Baikonur Cosmodrome, since 1995 also called Baikonur.

Etymology

From Kazakh Байқоңыр (Baiqoñyr, literally “wealthy brown”), i.e. “fertile land with many plants”.

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