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Astana 1
Type Settlement
Scripts Астана(Kazakh, Russian) استانا(Kazakh Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. ah-stah-NAH(Kazakh) əs-TAH-nə(English) u-stu-NA(Russian)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "capital city" in Kazakh, ultimately from Persian آستانه (astaneh). This was the name of the capital city of Kazakhstan until 2019, when it was renamed Nur-Sultan.
Added 2/18/2016 by HL
Edited 9/12/2021 by Mike C and HL

Astana 2
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Type Settlement
Scripts Астана(Kazakh, Russian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian Cyrillic, Serbian, Ukrainian) آستانا(Arabic) Աստանա(Armenian) ასტანა(Georgian) Αστάνα(Greek) אסטנה(Hebrew) अस्ताना(Hindi) អាសតាណា, អាស្តាណា(Khmer) อัสตานา(Thai) آستانہ(Urdu)
Pronounced Pron. ahs-tah-NAH(Kazakh, Armenian, Kyrgyz) us-tu-NA(Russian, Ukrainian) as-TAH-nə(English) əs-TAH-nə(English) as-ta-NA(Arabic, German, Thai) AS-ta-na(Czech) A-STA-NA(French) AHS-TAH-NAH(Georgian) as-TA-na(Indonesian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian) a-sta-NA(Khmer) as-TA-nə(Malay) ush-TU-nu(European Portuguese) as-TU-nu(Brazilian Portuguese)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "capital city" in Kazakh, ultimately from Persian آستانه (astaneh). This is the name of the capital city of Kazakhstan.
Added 7/17/2023 by anonymous


See Also

User submissions Astaná, Astanà