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    KIRGHIZ

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The Turkic language spoken by the Kirghizplay

    Synonyms:

    Khirghiz; Kirghiz; Kirgiz

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("Kirghiz" is a kind of...):

    Turki; Turkic; Turkic language; Turko-Tatar (a subfamily of Altaic languages)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991play

    Synonyms:

    Kirghiz; Kirghizia; Kirghizstan; Kirgiz; Kirgizia; Kirgizstan; Kyrgyz Republic; Kyrgyzstan

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)

    Meronyms (parts of "Kirghiz"):

    Bishkek; Biskek; capital of Kyrgyzstan; Frunze (the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991))

    Pamir Mountains; the Pamirs (a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China)

    Holonyms ("Kirghiz" is a part of...):

    Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)

    Holonyms ("Kirghiz" is a member of...):

    CIS; Commonwealth of Independent States (an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    A member of a people vast regions of central Siberiaplay

    Synonyms:

    Khirghiz; Kirghiz; Kirgiz

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("Kirghiz" is a kind of...):

    Turki (any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language)

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