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Turkestan definition

Tur·ke·stan (tʉr′ki stan′, -stän′)

region in central Asia, extending from the Caspian Sea to the Gobi Desert, inhabited by Turkic-speaking peoples: divided into Russian Turkestan & Chinese Turkestan

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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