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Zhezkazgan

Zhezkazgan proper noun: a city, the administrative centre of the Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan.

Proper noun

Zhezkazgan

  1. A city, the administrative centre of the Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan.
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Origin of Zhezkazgan

From Russian Жезказга́н (Žezkazgán), from Kazakh Жезқазған (Jezqazğan).

Questions about Zhezkazgan

What does Zhezkazgan mean?
Zhezkazgan means a city, the administrative centre of the Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan.
What part of speech is Zhezkazgan?
Zhezkazgan is a proper noun.

Words near Zhezkazgan in the dictionary

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

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