Nur-Sultan

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Nur-Sultan

/ˌnʊəsəlˈtɑːn/ UK
/ˈnʊəsəltɑːn/ UK
/ˈnʊɹsəlˌtɑːn/ US

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Borrowed from Kazakh Нұр-Сұлтан (Nur-Sultan), from the name Нұрсұлтан (Nursultan). Named after the long-ruling president Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940) in 2019, shortly after his resignation.

proper noun

Former name of Astana: the capital city of Kazakhstan, used from 2019 to 2022.

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name former name of Astana — see also Astana

Español	Nursultán
한국어	누르술탄 Nureusultan
日本語	ヌルスルタン Nurusurutan
中文	努爾-蘇丹 /努尔-苏丹 Nǔ'ěr-Sūdān
हिन्दी	नूर-सुल्तान nūr-sultān
Português	Nur Sultã
Français	Noursoultan, Nour-Soultan
Deutsch	Nur-Sultan
Italiano	Nur-Sultan
Ελληνικά	Νουρσουλτάν Noursoultán
Română	Nur-Sultan
Русский	Нур-Султа́н Nur-Sultán
Tiếng Việt	Nu-xun-tan
العربية	نُور سُلْطَان nūr sulṭān
עברית	נוּר־סוּלְטָן nur-sultán

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@misc{nur_sultan_2026,
  title = {Nur-Sultan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nur-sultan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}