Astana

See also: Astaná

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Kazakh Астана (Astana), meaning capital, from Classical Persian آستانه (āstāna).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əsˈtɑːnə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /æsˈtɑːnə/

Proper noun

Astana

  1. The capital city of Kazakhstan.
    • 2014 July 1, Frank Jacobs, “Welcome to Stanistan”, in Foreign Policy[1], archived from the original on 3 August 2023:
      At a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into existence. An EEU modeled on the European Union was first mooted back in 1994 by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but took off only after his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, seized upon its potential as a Moscow-centered, Asia-oriented alternative to the EU.

Synonyms

  • Akmoly/Akmolinsky prikaz (the settlement founded in 1830)
  • Akmolinsk (town status, 1832–)
  • Tselinograd (1961–)
  • Akmola (1992–1998; capital since 1997)
  • Aqmola
  • Nur-Sultan (2019–2022)

Translations

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Astana

  1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈastana]

Proper noun

Astana f (relational adjective astanský)

  1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)

Declension

Further reading

Estonian

Proper noun

Astana

  1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic [Term?]
Cyrillic Astana
Latin [Term?]

Proper noun

Astana

  1. Latin spelling of Астана (Astana, Astana).

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Astana f

  1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Kazakh Астана (Astana, capital), from Persian آستانه (âstâne).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asˈta.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: As‧ta‧na

Proper noun

Astana f

  1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)
    Synonym: Nur-Sułtan

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • astański
nouns
  • astanka
  • astańczyk

Further reading

  • Astana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Kazakh Астана (Astana), from Persian آستانه.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /asˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aʃˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /asˈtɐ.na/
 

  • Hyphenation: As‧ta‧na

Proper noun

Astana f

  1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)

Turkish

Proper noun

Astana

  1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)