Associations to the word «Turkestan»

Wiktionary

TURKESTAN, proper noun. (historical) The regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west.

Dictionary definition

TURKESTAN, noun. A historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne