Bishkeker
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Etymology edit
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Bishkeker (plural Bishkekers)
- A native or inhabitant of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
- Synonym: Bishkekian
- 1996 June, John King, John Noble, Andrew Humphreys, “Kyrgyzstan: Laky Issyk-Kul & the Central Tian Shan”, in Central Asia: A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit), Hawthorn, Victoria: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 377:
- Issyk-Kul's health resorts now seem a dying breed, although they still fill up with Bishkekers and local tourists in the hot months. Of at least 115 shoreline sanatoria before 1991, only a handful (mostly around Cholpon-Ata) remain open; best known is the immense Issyk-Kul Sanatorium near Cholpon-Ata.
- 2010 May 13, Madeleine Reeves, “The Latest Revolution”, in London Review of Books[1], volume 32, number 9:
- For many long-term Bishkekers, the claim of the ‘incomers’ (priezhie) to the city is a contested one. […] Many Bishkekers were angry that, for the second time in recent memory, state buildings had been ransacked or set on fire […] and that they would have to foot the bill.
- 2017, Matthew Palmer, Enemy of the Good, New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 375:
- As the Scythians mounted up, Kate spotted Patime Akhun in the crowd with a group of Women in Black who had been some of the first Bishkekers to join the protests. / “Patime,” Kate shouted, catching her attention. “Get in the truck.”
- 2020 January 19, Karolina Wiercigroch, “Photo gallery: dining with nomads in Kyrgyzstan”, in National Geographic[2]:
- Kumis is best sampled fresh in a yurt. Even modern Bishkekers come to kumis-drinking retreats in Song Köl Lake or Suusamyr Valley. Coincidently, the name of the Kyrgyz capital city probably derives from the word bishkek — the wooden barrel in which kumis is made.
Translations edit
native or inhabitant of Bishkek
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