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1. A landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991
   - Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazak
    
2. The Turkic language spoken by the Kazak
   - Kazak
    
3. A Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan)
   - Kazak

Derived forms: Kazakhs

Type of: Asian country, Asian nation, Turki, Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar

Part of: Asia, CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States

Encyclopedia: Kazakh