English > Turkmenistan: 1 sense > noun 1, locationMeaning | A republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991. |
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Synonyms | Turkomen, Turkmen, Turkmenia |
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Instance of | country, state, land | The territory occupied by a nation |
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Member of | Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS | An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 |
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Part of | Asia | The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population |
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Parts | Ashkhabad, capital of Turkmenistan | The capital and largest city of Turkmenistan |
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Kara Kum, Qara Qum, Turkestan Desert | A desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea |
Spanish | Turkmenia, Turkmenistan, Turkmenistán |
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Catalan | El Turkmenistan, Turkmenistan |
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Adjectives | Turkmen | of or relating to or characteristic of Turkmenistan or its people or culture |
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