Kirghiz

Kirghiz
/kir geez"/; Russ. /kyirdd gyees"/, n., pl. Kirghizes, (esp. collectively) Kirghiz for 1.
1. a member of a formerly nomadic people dwelling chiefly in Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan).
2. the Turkic language of the Kirghiz.

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