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Zhetysu

Zhetysu proper noun: a region of eastern Kazakhstan.

Proper noun

Zhetysu

  1. A region of eastern Kazakhstan
  2. A district of Almaty, Kazakhstan.
    • “We bought gifts, sweets, toys, and creative boxes and organized a mobile group, which included juvenile police officers and district inspectors, and then we went to visit these families. We did not do anything supernatural. Kindness and mercy, in my opinion, is the basis of human relations...2020, Assel Satubaldina, “Kazakhstan Celebrates International Children’s Day”, in Astana Times

Forms of Zhetysu

alternative formZhetisu
alternative formJetisuw
alternative formJetysu
alternative formJeti-su
alternative formJity-su

Origin of Zhetysu

Borrowed from Russian Жетысу (Žetysu), from Kazakh Жетісу (Jetisüw), from жеті (jeti, “seven”) + су (suw, “river”). Compare Chinese 七河 (Qīhé, literally “seven rivers”).

Questions about Zhetysu

What does Zhetysu mean?
Zhetysu means a region of eastern Kazakhstan.
What part of speech is Zhetysu?
Zhetysu is a proper noun.

Words near Zhetysu in the dictionary

  1. Zhens
  2. Zhenxing
  3. Zhenya
  4. Zhenyuan
  5. zhes
  6. Zhetysu
  7. Zhezkazgan
  8. zhi cha
  9. zhi char
  10. Zhiben
  11. Zhicheng

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