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1. The Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz
   - Kirgiz, Khirghiz
    
2. A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
   - Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kirghizia, Kirgizia, Kirgiz, Kirghizstan, Kirgizstan
    
3. A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia
   - Kirgiz, Khirghiz

Derived forms: Kirghizes

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

Part of: Asia, CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States

Encyclopedia: Kirghiz