Tajikistan

Ta·jik·i·stan

geographical name
\tä-ˌji-ki-ˈstan, tə-, -ˌjē-, -ˈstän; -ˈji-ki-ˌ, -ˈjē-\

Definition of TAJIKISTAN

country W cen 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), pop 6,127,000

Rhymes with TAJIKISTAN

Afghanistan, angry young man, arrière-ban, attention span, Baluchistan, bipartisan, catamaran, catch-as-catch-can, cavalryman, committeeman, deliveryman, dirty old man, Kalimantan, medicine man, newspaperman, orangutan, radioman, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, watering can