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TURKISTAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Turkistan mean?
• TURKISTAN (noun)
The noun TURKISTAN has 1 sense:
1. a historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West
Familiarity information: TURKISTAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Turkestan; Turkistan
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("Turkistan" 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)
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