Astana

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Astana
    n 1: remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security
         reasons) was made the capital in 1998 [syn: {Astana},
         {Akmola}, {capital of Kazakhstan}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Astana \Astana\ prop. n. (Geography)
   The capital city of Kazakhstan. Population (2000) = 280,200.
   [PJC]

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