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turkmenistan

/tɚkˈmɛn.ɪ.stæn/

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What does turkmenistan mean?

proper noun

  1. A country in Central Asia. Capital: Ashgabat.

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Overview: Turkmenistan is a largely desert country with nomadic cattle raising, intensive agriculture in irrigated oases, and huge gas and oil resources.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1994 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #180
Overview: Like the other 15 former Soviet republics, Turkmenistan faces enormous problems of economic adjustment - to move away from Moscow-based central planning toward a system of decisionmaking by private enterpreneurs, local government authorities, and, hopefully, foreign investors.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1992 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #48
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Overview: Like the other 15 former Soviet republics, Turkmenistan faces enormous problems of economic adjustment - to move away from Moscow-based central planning toward a system of decisionmaking by private entrepreneurs, local government authorities, and, hopefully, foreign investors.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1993 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #87