Karakul

See also: karakul and karakuł

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Karakul

1. A lake in Tajikistan.
2. A lake in Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang, China.

Translations

lakes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈拉库尔 (Hālā Kùěr)

• Manchu: ᡥᠠᡵᠠ
  ᡴᡠᠯ (hara kul)

Further reading

• Karakul, Kara-Kul at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Kara-Kul or Kara-Kul'”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 911, column 1
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Kara-Kul”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[2], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1505, column 1