Kirgizstan

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Definition

A country in Central Asia.

Etymology

Borrowed from the Turkic word 'Kırgız', meaning 'forty' or 'wanderer', referring to the Kyrgyz people. The term was adopted into Indonesian through international phonetic adaptation to designate the sovereign nation in Central Asia.

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