noun
a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991
• Syn: ↑Turkmenistan, ↑Turkmen, ↑Turkmenia
• Member Holonyms: ↑Commonwealth of Independent States, ↑CIS
• Part Holonyms: ↑Asia
• Part Meronyms: ↑Ashkhabad, ↑capital of Turkmenistan, ↑Kara Kum, ↑Qara Qum, ↑Turkestan Desert
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/terr"keuh men', -meuhn/, n.
Turkmenistan.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.