variants
or Kirghiz
plural Kyrgyz or Kirghiz
1
: a member of a Turkic people of Kyrgyzstan and adjacent areas of central Asia
2
: the language of the Kyrgyz
Kyrgyz
adjective
Examples of Kyrgyz in a Sentence
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In 2014, Kyrgyz and Tajik conscripts exchanged fire over a strategic sluice in Ak-Sai.
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Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2016
Moscow advertised for enlistment and accelerated citizenship in Uzbek, Tajik, and Kyrgyz languages in the past, according to the Associated Press.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Jan. 2024
Despite the challenges, Kyrgyz filmmaker Dastan Madalbekov is among the directors who see a bright future ahead for the region’s rising talents.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 11 Dec. 2023
This is only the second time Putin has left Russia since his March indictment, after a trip last week to the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek.
—Lyric Li, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
China is dominated by the Han ethnic group, but more than half the population of Xinjiang, a landlocked region in northwestern China, is made up of minorities—most of them Uyghur, but some Kyrgyz, Tajik, Kazakh, Hui, or Mongol.
—Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
The Kyrgyz Embassy in Washington, responding to a request for comment, said in a statement that the country’s leaders were committed to adhering to international regulations and cracking down on contraband and other illicit trade.
—Joby Warrick, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
Advertisement The Kyrgyz Embassy in Washington, responding to a request for comment, said in a statement that the country’s leaders were committed to adhering to international regulations and cracking down on contraband and other illicit trade.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
The Kyrgyz Embassy in Moscow had warned citizens in September against joining hostilities on foreign state territory, citing the Kyrgyz criminal code.
—Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2016
Moscow advertised for enlistment and accelerated citizenship in Uzbek, Tajik, and Kyrgyz languages in the past, according to the Associated Press.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Jan. 2024
Despite the challenges, Kyrgyz filmmaker Dastan Madalbekov is among the directors who see a bright future ahead for the region’s rising talents.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 11 Dec. 2023
This is only the second time Putin has left Russia since his March indictment, after a trip last week to the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek.
—Lyric Li, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
China is dominated by the Han ethnic group, but more than half the population of Xinjiang, a landlocked region in northwestern China, is made up of minorities—most of them Uyghur, but some Kyrgyz, Tajik, Kazakh, Hui, or Mongol.
—Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
The Kyrgyz Embassy in Washington, responding to a request for comment, said in a statement that the country’s leaders were committed to adhering to international regulations and cracking down on contraband and other illicit trade.
—Joby Warrick, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
Advertisement The Kyrgyz Embassy in Washington, responding to a request for comment, said in a statement that the country’s leaders were committed to adhering to international regulations and cracking down on contraband and other illicit trade.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
The Kyrgyz Embassy in Moscow had warned citizens in September against joining hostilities on foreign state territory, citing the Kyrgyz criminal code.
—Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
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