Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of a branch of the Turkish race, found chiefly in central Asia (in Russian territory), Persia, and Afghanistan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
Turcoman .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun one of the
Turkmen ethnic group - adjective Of, or relating to, these people
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas
- noun the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman
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Examples
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The Turkoman is a large, powerful, enduring animal, with long legs, a light body, and a big head.
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[FN#82] The "Turkoman" in the text first comes in afterwards.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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It might be better to have a Pushtun state and a Hazzara state and a Turkoman state rather than to try to encourage a stable national government in Kabul.
I hate the military! 2009
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He co-authored "Turkoman Figural Bronze Coins and Their Iconography" (2 vols.) and wrote the six vol. series "Ancient Coin Collecting" (3 are in expanded 2nd ed.), the monograph "Classical Deception" and the exhibition catalogue for the Griner collection of ancient coins at Ball State University.
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He co-authored "Turkoman Figural Bronze Coins and Their Iconography" (2 vols.) and wrote the six vol. series "Ancient Coin Collecting" (3 are in expanded 2nd ed.), the monograph "Classical Deception" and the exhibition catalogue for the Griner collection of ancient coins at Ball State University.
A Time to Speak Out – Will Ancient Coins from Italy be Restricted? : Coin Collecting News 2010
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It might be better to have a Pushtun state and a Hazzara state and a Turkoman state rather than to try to encourage a stable national government in Kabul.
I hate the military! 2009
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He co-authored "Turkoman Figural Bronze Coins and Their Iconography" (2 vols.) and wrote the six vol. series "Ancient Coin Collecting" (3 are in expanded 2nd ed.), the monograph "Classical Deception" and the exhibition catalogue for the Griner collection of ancient coins at Ball State University.
A Time to Speak Out – Will Ancient Coins from Italy be Restricted? : Coin Collecting News 2010
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Disagreement initially focused on the ethnically mixed, oil-rich city of Kirkuk, claimed by Kurds, Arabs and Turkoman.
Turmoil Reveals Iraqi Reliance on US IWPR 2009
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He co-authored "Turkoman Figural Bronze Coins and Their Iconography" (2 vols.) and wrote the six vol. series "Ancient Coin Collecting" (3 are in expanded 2nd ed.), the monograph "Classical Deception" and the exhibition catalogue for the Griner collection of ancient coins at Ball State University.
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Both Maliki and Barzani agreed to Odierno's proposal, but it ran into objections from Arab and Turkoman politicians in the neighboring Kirkuk governorate, who feared that it would legitimize the Kurds 'military presence in disputed territories and thus lead to Kurdish independence and Iraq's breakup.
Iraq on the Edge Hiltermann, Joost R. 2009
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