Turkmenistan

Turk·men·i·stan

geographical name
\(ˌ)tərk-ˌme-nə-ˈstan, -ˈstän; (ˌ)tərk-ˈme-nə-ˌ\

Definition of TURKMENISTAN

country cen Asia bordering on Afghanistan, Iran, & the Caspian Sea; a constituent republic (Turk·men Republic \ˈtərk-mən\ ) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1925–91∗ Ashgabat area 188,455 square miles (488,098 square kilometers), pop 5,478,900

— Turk·man \ˈtərk-mən\ noun

— Turk·men \-mən\ noun or adjective

— Turk·me·ni·an \ˌtərk-ˈmē-nē-ən\ adjective

Rhymes with TURKMENISTAN

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, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, watering can