Kalmykia
or Kal·myk·i·ya
[ kal-mik-ee-uh; Russian kuhl-mi-kyuh ]
/ kælˈmɪk i ə; Russian kʌlˈmɪ kyə /
noun
an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the NW shore of the Caspian Sea. 75,900 sq. mi. (196,581 sq. km). Capital: Elista.
Official name
Kal·myk Auton·omous Repub·lic
[kal-mik] /kælˈmɪk/.
Example sentences from the Web for kalmykia
The Chess City is a middle-class town of suburban cottages—but so far Kalmykia has no middle class to live in them.
Soon after that, in September, Ilyumzhinov stepped down from the presidency of Kalmykia.