Turkistan

English

Proper noun

Turkistan

1. Alternative spelling of Turkestan
2. A region of Kazakhstan.
3. A city, the regional capital of the Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan.

Derived terms

• Chinese Turkistan
• East Turkistan

References

• “Turkistan, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Turkistan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.