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What does kyzyl kum mean?
a large desert in Central Asia in the doab between the rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya, divided between Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
Where does kyzyl kum come from?
From Turkic, literally “Red Sand”.

How to pronounce kyzyl kum

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