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Kirghiz

//kɪɹˈɡiːz// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Kyrgyz. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "In September of 1937, two regiments of Soviet Kirghiz troops and one regiment of Russian troops equipped with forty airplanes and twenty tanks entered Sinkiang from Atushe and attacked Pa-ch'u, dividing Ma Hu-shan's 36th Corps into two sections. In October one Kirghiz regiment entered P'i-shan, and Ma Hu-shan fled to India. Kirghiz and Russian forces were now in occupation of Hami and poised to strike at Ho-t'ien in the extreme south of Sinkiang."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Kyrgyz. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Kyrgyz. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of a people vast regions of central Siberia wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian кирги́з (kirgíz).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian кирги́з (kirgíz).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Russian кирги́з (kirgíz).

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