Kyzylorda

English

Etymology

from the Turkic "кзыл", red (used here in the common Soviet ideological connotation) and the Turkic Mongolian "орда", city

Proper noun

Kyzylorda

1. A city in Kazakhstan, the country's capital from 1925 to 1929.

Synonyms

• Ak-Mechet (Kokand fortress, 1820-)
• Fort-Perovsky/Perovsk (Russian conquest, 1853-1925)
• (former name) Kzyl-Orda (-1991, Russian-based romanization)

Translations

city in Kazakhstan

• Armenian: Կզըլ Օրդա (hy) (Kzəl Ōrda)
• Kazakh: Қызылорда (Qyzylorda)
• Russian: Кызылорда́ (ru) (Kyzylordá)
• Uyghur: قىزىل ئوردا (qizil orda)