Karakul

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Turkic. Literally, “black lake”. Doublet of Karakol. === Pronunciation === enPR: kŭrä′-ko͝ol′ enPR: kär′ə-ko͝ol′ === Proper noun === Karakul A lake in Tajikistan. A lake in Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “Karakul, Kara-Kul”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Kara-Kul”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[1], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1505, column 1