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Altay.

Alternative form of Altai.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name

  1. Alternative form of Altai.

    alt-of · alternative

  2. A prefecture in northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

  3. A county-level city of Altay prefecture, in far northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Where this word comes from

Transliteration of Kazakh التاي (Altay) and Uyghur ئالتاي (altay), from Mongolic, from Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰖𐰃𐱁 (l¹t¹wn¹:y¹iš /⁠altun yïš⁠/, literally “Golden Mountain”).

noun

  1. Alternative form of Altai.

    alt-of · alternative · plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

Transliteration of Kazakh التاي (Altay) and Uyghur ئالتاي (altay), from Mongolic, from Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰖𐰃𐱁 (l¹t¹wn¹:y¹iš /⁠altun yïš⁠/, literally “Golden Mountain”).

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