Baikonur

English

Baikonur to the east of Syr Darya River

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪ.kəˈnɪɚ/

Proper noun

Baikonur

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

Synonyms

• Leninsk
• Tyuratam
• Zvezdograd (Star City)

Translations

city and cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

• Arabic: بَيْكُونُور m (baykunūr)
• Armenian: Բայկոնուր (hy) (Baykonur)
• Belarusian: Байканур m (Bajkanur)
• Bulgarian: Байконур m (Bajkonur)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拜科努爾／拜科努尔 (zh) (Bàikēnǔ'ěr)

• Finnish: Baikonur
• French: Baïkonour (fr) m
• Georgian: ბაიკონური (baiḳonuri)
• German: Baikonur n
• Greek: Μπαϊκονούρ (el) n (Baïkonoúr)
• Hebrew: בייקונור
• Hungarian: Bajkonur (hu)
• Japanese: バイコヌール (Baikonūru)
• Kazakh: Байқоңыр (Baiqoñyr)
• Korean: 바이코누르 (Baikonureu)
• Kyrgyz: Байкоңур (Baykoŋur)
• Marathi: बाइकोनूर n (bāikonūr)
• Persian: بایقونور (bâyqonur)
• Polish: Bajkonur (pl) m
• Portuguese: Baikonur f, Baiconur f (rare)
• Russian: Байконур (ru) m (Bajkonur)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бајконур m

  Roman: Bajkonur m

• Turkish: Baykonur
• Ukrainian: Байконур m (Bajkonur)
• Uyghur: بايقوڭۇر (bayqo'ngur)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Baiconur (rare)

Proper noun

Baikonur f

1. Baikonur (a city and cosmodrome in Kazakhstan)