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Turkestan.

The regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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name/ˌtɜː(ɹ)kɪˈstɑːn/UK/ˌtɜɹkɪˈstæn/US/ˈtɜɹkɪˌstæn/US
  1. The regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west.

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Where this word comes from

From Persian ترکستان (torkestân), from Middle Persian twlkstʾn' (Turkestān), from twlk' (Turk) + -stʾn' (-estān). By surface analysis, Turk + -estan.

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