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(Encyclopedia) Mustafa or Kara MustafaKara Mustafakäräˈ [key]Kara Mustafa m&oobreve;stäfäˈ [key] [Turk. kara=black], d. 1683, Turkish grand vizier (chief executive officer) under Sultan Muhammad…
(Encyclopedia) TuranTurant&oomacr;ränˈ [key], desert lowland, shared by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, S and E of the Aral Sea. The Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers divide it into the…
(Encyclopedia) Amu Darya or AmudaryaAmudaryaboth: äm&oomacr;ˈ däryäˈ, äˈm&oomacr; därˈyə [key], river, c.1,600 mi (2,580 km) long, formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Pandj rivers, which…
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Pres. Zuzana Čaputová Prime Min. Eduard Heger Dep. Prime Min. Štefan Holý Dep. Prime…
(Encyclopedia) Mangyshlak PeninsulaMangyshlak Peninsulamən-gĭshläkˈ [key], W Kazakhstan, extending into the NE Caspian Sea. Except for the Kara-Tau range, the peninsula is below sea level; Batyr Sink…
(Encyclopedia) Taymyra or TaimyraTaymyraboth: tīmēˈrə [key], river, c.400 mi (640 km) long, rising in the center of the Taymyr Peninsula, N Siberian Russia. It flows NE through Lake Taymyr (c.2,700…
Asian loan words in English by Ann-Marie Imbornoni Japanese aikido, from words meaning "mutual spirit art." bonsai, meaning "bowl plant." futon, a type of mattress. geisha, from gei, meaning…
(Encyclopedia) MurgabMurgabm&oobreve;rgäbˈ [key], river, 530 mi (853 km) long, rising in the Paropamisus range, NE Afghanistan, flowing NW into Turkmenistan, to the Merv oasis, and disappearing…
(Encyclopedia) Severnaya ZemlyaSevernaya Zemlyasyĕˈvĭrnīə zĭmlyäˈ [key] [Rus.,=northern land], archipelago, c.14,300 sq mi (37,010 sq km), between the Kara and Laptev seas, Krasnoyarsk Territory, N…
