Turkish - Turkish
Definition of astana in Turkish Turkish dictionary
- Türklerde ermişlerin bulunduğu şehirlere verilen yakıştırma. Başkent ya da bağlayan şehir anlamları da taşır.Cennete asılı olan, Cennetin altındaki
- Astana, Kazakistan'ın başkenti ve en büyük 2. şehiri. Astana Kazak Türkçesi'nde "Başkent" anlamına gelmektedir. Eski isimleri sırasıyla Akmolinsk (Çarlık Rusyası dönemi), Tselinograd (Sovyetler Birliği dönemi) ve Akmola'dir
English - English
Definition of astana in English English dictionary
- The capital of Kazakhstan
- formerly (1992-99) Aqmola or Akmola , (1961-92) Tselinograd City (pop., 1999: 313,000) and capital of Kazakhstan. Situated on the banks of the Ishim River in north-central Kazakhstan, it was founded in 1824 as a Russian military outpost. The city's importance was enhanced by its location at the junction of the Trans-Kazakhstan and South Siberian railways. It is in the centre of a mineral-rich steppe region. In 1994 the Kazakh government began to transfer the national capital from Almaty to Astana, changing the city's name in 1999
- {i} capital city of Kazakhstan
- remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998