Kirgiz
       n 1: a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race
            inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia [syn: Kirghiz,
             Khirghiz]
       2: a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on
          northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became
          independent in 1991 [syn: Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Republic,
           Kirghizia, Kirgizia, Kirghiz, Kirghizstan, Kirgizstan]
       3: the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz people [syn: Kirghiz,
           Khirghiz]