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Turkmenbashi

Turkmenbashi proper noun: a city in Balkan, Turkmenistan.

Proper noun

Turkmenbashi

  1. A city in Balkan, Turkmenistan
    • Turkmenbashi, formerly known as Krasnovodsk, is a beautiful coastal city of 68,000 people (2015) on the Caspian Sea in Balkan Province.Wikivoyage
    Synonyms:
    Shagadam, Krasnovodsk, Kyzyl-Su
  2. (historical) the title of Saparmyrat Nyýazow
    • The Neutrality Arch with the statue of Turkmenbashi (altogether 75 m high) was constructed in 1998 as a symbol of the neutral state of Turkmenistan.2010 June 23, “The golden statue of Turkmenbashi removed from the centre of Ashgabad”, in OSW Centre For Eastern Studies

Synonyms of Turkmenbashi

  • Shagadam
  • Krasnovodsk
  • Kyzyl-Su

Forms of Turkmenbashi

alternative formTürkmenbaşy

Origin of Turkmenbashi

Borrowed from Turkmen Türkmenbaşy (“Head of the Turkmen”), possibly through Russian Түркменбаши.

Questions about Turkmenbashi

What does Turkmenbashi mean?
Turkmenbashi means a city in Balkan, Turkmenistan.
What part of speech is Turkmenbashi?
Turkmenbashi is a proper noun.

Words near Turkmenbashi in the dictionary

  1. Turkmans
  2. Turkmen
  3. Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
  4. Turkmen SSR
  5. Turkmenabat
  6. Turkmenbashi
  7. Turkmenia
  8. Turkmenian
  9. Turkmenians
  10. Turkmenistan
  11. Turkmenistani

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