Bishkekian

English

Etymology

From Bishkek +‎ -ian.

Noun

Bishkekian (plural Bishkekians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

   Synonym: Bishkeker

   • 1994 March 2, Zhumagul Saadanbekov, quotee, “Saadanbekov Details Political Views, Activities [SLOVO KYRGYZSTANA 25 Dec]”, in FBIS Report: Central Eurasia, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, FBIS-USR-94-019, pages 69–70:

     The chief of the oblast UVD [administration of internal affairs]—People’s Deputy M. Abdyldayev—is a native Bishkekian, and several chiefs of oblast administrations come from Narynsk and Chu Oblasts, and so on.

   • 2017, Philipp Schröder, “Avoidance and appropriation in Bishkek: dealing with time, space and urbanity in Kyrgyzstan's capital”, in Philipp Schröder, editor, Urban Spaces and Lifestyles in Central Asia and Beyond, Abingdon: Routledge, →ISBN, page 75:

     In this article, I want to move beyond dissecting the nostalgic discourses of loss and deprivation among established Bishkekians (Bishkekchany) or simply juxtaposing these with the opposite claims of rural newcomers about their well-deserved belonging to this city.