New American Oxford Dictionary
Turkestan
Tur ke stan |ˈtərkəˌstan, -ˌstän ˈtərkəˌstæn |(also Turkistan ) a region in central Asia between the Caspian Sea and the Gobi Desert, inhabited mainly by Turkic peoples. It is divided by the Pamir and Tien Shan mountains into eastern Turkestan, now the Xinjiang autonomous region of China, and western Turkestan, which consists of present-day Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
Oxford Dictionary
Turkestan
Turkestan |ˌtəːkɪˈstɑːn, -ˈstan |(also Turkistan ) a region of central Asia between the Caspian Sea and the Gobi Desert, inhabited mainly by Turkic peoples. It is divided by the Pamir and Tien Shan mountains into eastern Turkestan, now the Xinjiang autonomous region of China, and western Turkestan, which comprises present-day Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
Duden Dictionary
Turkestan
Tur ke s tan , Tur kes tan Eigenname |T u rkestan |Gebiet in Mittelasien