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1. (n.) Kirghiz
a member of a Turkic people of Central Asia, living mainly in Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in W China.
2. Kirghiz
the language of the Kirghiz.
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| Definition of 'Kirghiz' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Khirghiz
a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia
2. (noun) Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kirghizia, Kirgizia, Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Kirghizstan, Kirgizstan
a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
3. (noun) Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Khirghiz
the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Kirghiz
a nomadic Turkish people occupying the Kirghiz steppes, an immense tract E. of the Ural River and the Caspian Sea, numbering 2½ millions, adventurous, witty, and free-spirited; refuse to settle; retain ancient customs and characteristics, and are Moslems only in name.
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