Kazakhstan

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Казахста́н (Kazaxstán). Analyzable as Kazakh +‎ -stan.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkæzəkstæn/, /ˈkɑːzəkstɑːn/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑzəkˌstæn/, /ˈkæzəkˌstæn/, /ˈkɑzəkˌstɑn/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

Kazakhstan

  1. A country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic 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.
    • 2025 April 19, Ashley Strickland, “An astronaut’s awe-inspiring views from life in space”, in CNN[2]:
      Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has ventured to space four times, returned to Earth on Saturday night from the International Space Station. Pettit, who turned 70 on Sunday, landed at 9:20 p.m. ET in a Soyuz spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, after a seven-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory.

Derived terms

Translations

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Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /kas̻aks̺tan/ [ka.s̻aks̺.t̪ãn]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /kas̻axs̺tan/ [ka.s̻axs̺.t̪ãn]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /kas̺axs̺tan/ [ka.s̺axs̺.t̪ãn]

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aks̺tan, -an
  • Rhymes: -axs̺tan, -an
  • Hyphenation: Ka‧zakhs‧tan

Proper noun

Kazakhstan inan

  1. Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Kazakhstan (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite
absolutive Kazakhstan
ergative Kazakhstanek
dative Kazakhstani
genitive Kazakhstanen
comitative Kazakhstanekin
causative Kazakhstanengatik
benefactive Kazakhstanentzat
instrumental Kazakhstanez
inessive Kazakhstanen
locative Kazakhstango
allative Kazakhstanera
terminative Kazakhstaneraino
directive Kazakhstanerantz
destinative Kazakhstanerako
ablative Kazakhstandik
partitive Kazakhstanik
prolative Kazakhstantzat

Derived terms

  • kazakhstandar (Kazakh)

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Further reading

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kazakhstan m

  1. Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.zak.stɑ̃/
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Kazakhstan m

  1. Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)
    Synonyms: (rare) Kazakhistan, (rare) Kazakhie

See also