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Al•tai
(al′tī; Russ. ul tī′),USA pronunciation n.
Al•tai (al′tī),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tais, (esp. collectively) -tai for 1.
- Language Varieties, Place Namesa territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 2,675,000;
101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Cap.: Barnaul.
Al•tai (al′tī),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tais, (esp. collectively) -tai for 1.
- Language Varietiesa member of a grouping of peoples living mainly in the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Region of the Russian Federation.
- Language Varietiesthe Turkic language of the Altai.
'Altai' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Altai Mountains
- Altai Republic
- Altaic
- Altay
- Altay Mountains
- Barnaul
- Biysk
- Gorno-Altai Autonomous Region
- Gorno-Altai Republic
- Irtysh
- Junggar Pendi
- Mongolia
- Pazyryk
- Rupes Altai
- Ural-Altaic
- taiga