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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 Westplay

  Familiarity information: TURKISTAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TURKISTAN (noun)


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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