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Kazakhstan

KA-zuhk-stan
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A large country spanning Central Asia and part of Eastern Europe, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan.
"Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world."

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In plain EnglishThe name of the Central Asian country, meaning roughly "land of the Kazakhs."

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Etymology

From Russian Kazakhstan, built from "Kazakh" plus the Persian-derived suffix "-stan," meaning "land of."

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