Central Asia

== English == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Central Asia A landlocked geographic area of continental central Asia comprising Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Synonym: Middle Asia (in the former USSR and modern Russia; in Russian, Сре́дняя А́зия (Srédnjaja Ázija)) A larger area of Asia including the above countries and also Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tibet, western China, Afghanistan and parts of Siberia, Iran and Pakistan. ==== Meronyms ==== Official countries of Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Sometimes including Afghanistan and Pakistan. ==== Holonyms ==== Asia ==== Coordinate terms ==== East Asia North Asia South Asia Southeast Asia West Asia ==== Derived terms ==== Central Asian ==== Translations ====