Khirghiz

Khirghiz
noun
1. a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia
Syn: ↑Kirghiz, ↑Kirgiz
Hypernyms: ↑Turki
2. the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz
Syn: ↑Kirghiz, ↑Kirgiz
Hypernyms: ↑Turki, ↑Turkic, ↑Turko-Tatar, ↑Turkic language

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Usage: usually capitalized
variant of kirghiz

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