Baikonur
English
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Etymology
From Kazakh for "wealthy brown", i.e. "fertile land with many herbs".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Baikonur
- A city in Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia, constructed to service Baikonur Cosmodrome, since 1995 also called Baikonur.
Synonyms
- Leninsk
- Tyuratam
- Zvezdograd (Star City)
Translations
city and cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Baiconur (rare)
Proper noun
Baikonur f
- Baikonur (a city and cosmodrome in Kazakhstan)
Categories:
- English 3-syllable words
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Kazakhstan
- en:Places in Kazakhstan
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Cities in Kazakhstan
- pt:Places in Kazakhstan