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Name Altai
Type Political Subdivision & Mountain
Usage Altai, Russian, Mongolian, Kazakh, English
Scripts Алтай(Altai, Russian, Mongolian Cyrillic, Kazakh) التاي(Kazakh Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. al-TIE(Altai) ul-TIE(Russian) ahl-TIE(Kazakh, English) AL-tie(English)
Other Forms FormsAltay
Theme gold
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

From the Turkic roots altun meaning "gold" and tag meaning "mountain". This is the name of a mountain range in Central and East Asia as well as two territories of Russia.
Added 6/18/2016 by HL