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tajikistan
- Main Entry:
- Ta·jik·i·stan

- Pronunciation:
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\tä-ˌji-ki-ˈstan, tə-, -ˌjē-, -ˈstän; -ˈji-ki-ˌ, -ˈjē-\
- Function:
- geographical name
country W central Asia bordering on China & Afghanistan; a constituent republic (Ta·dzhik Republic
\tä-ˈjik, tə-, -ˈjēk\
or Ta·dzhik·i·stan
\same as tajikistan\
) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1929–91 ∗ Dushanbe area 55,251 square miles (143,100 square kilometers), population 6,127,000
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