Astana
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.As·ta·na
geographical name \ä-stä-ˈnä\Definition of ASTANA
town N cen Kazakhstan, its ∗ since 1997
Variants of ASTANA
As·ta·na or formerly Aq·mo·la or Ak·mo·la \ak-ˈmȯ-lə\
Rhymes with ASTANA
abaca, Abdullah, Adana, agora, ahimsa, aloha, Antalya, assignat, Aymara, baccarat, baklava, Bogotá, brouhaha, cervelat, coup d'état, Cumaná, Delacroix, entrechat, feria, guarana, haftarah, haniwa, Heredia, inshallah, Kashiwa, koruna, Kostroma, la-di-da, ma-and-pa, Machida, Malinois, Mardi Gras, Masséna, Modena, moussaka, Oshawa, pakeha, panama, Panama, Paraná, parashah, pas de trois, persona, pietà, podesta, polenta, polynya, port de bras, reseda, rufiyaa, Shangri-la, tempura, ulema, usquebaugh
Astana
geographical name (Concise Encyclopedia)City (pop., 2004 est.: 510,533), capital of Kazakhstan. Situated on the banks of the Ishim River in north-central Kazakhstan, it was founded in 1824 as a Russian military outpost. The city's importance was enhanced by its location at the junction of the Trans-Kazakhstan and South Siberian railways. It is in the centre of a mineral-rich steppe region. In 1994 the Kazakh government began to transfer the national capital from Almaty to Astana, changing the city's name in 1998.
Variants of ASTANA
Astana formerly (1992–98) Aqmola or Akmola or(1961–92) Tselinograd
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