Turkmenbashi

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Turkmenbashi

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Borrowed from Turkmen Türkmenbaşy (“Head of the Turkmen”), possibly through Russian Түркменбаши.

proper noun Türkmenbaşy

  1. A city in Balkan, Turkmenistan Turkmenbashi, formerly known as Krasnovodsk, is a beautiful coastal city of 68,000 people (2015) on the Caspian Sea in Balkan Province.

    Similar: Shagadam, Krasnovodsk, Kyzyl-Su

  2. historical the title of Saparmyrat Nyýazow The Neutrality Arch with the statue of Turkmenbashi (altogether 75 m high) was constructed in 1998 as a symbol of the neutral state of Turkmenistan.

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name city in Turkmenistan

РусскийТуркмѐнбаши́ Turkmènbaší

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@misc{turkmenbashi_2026,
  title = {Turkmenbashi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/turkmenbashi},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}