Turkmenia (Noun)
Meaning
A republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The state had a diverse geography, consisting of mountains, plateaus and the flat, arid steppes that comprise most of Turkmenia.
- From 1925 until its dissolution in 1991, the region was a Soviet socialist republic known as the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Turkmenia declared its sovereignty on August 22, 1990, as the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Located in Turkmenia is the Darvaza Crater, a natural gas field that collapsed into an underground cavern.
- During the existence of the Turkmenia Soviet Socialist Republic, its capital was renamed from Poltoratsk to Ashkabad in 1927.