Kazakhstan
geographical name
variants:
or less commonly Kazakstan
Definition of Kazakhstan
country in northwest central Asia extending from the Caspian Sea to the Altai Mountains and containing Lake Balkhash and parts of the Aral Sea; a constituent republic of the U.S.S.R. 1936–91; capital Nur-Sultan area 1,052,090 square miles (2,724,900 square kilometers), population 18,745,000
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