Tajikistan

geographical name

Ta·​jik·​i·​stan tä-ˌji-ki-ˈstan 

tə-,

-ˌjē-,

-ˈstän;

-ˈji-ki-ˌstan,

-ˌstän,

-ˈjē-

landlocked country in west central Asia; capital Dushanbe area 55,637 square miles (144,100 square kilometers), population 8,605,000

Note: From 1929 to 1991, Tajikistan was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union called the Ta*dzhik Republic \ tä-​ˈjik , tə-​ , -​ˈjēk \ .