Kalmykia

or Kal·myk·i·ya

[ kal-mik-ee-uh; Russian kuhl-mi-kyuh ]

noun

1. 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). : Elista.

Example Sentences

The Chess City is a middle-class town of suburban cottages—but so far Kalmykia has no middle class to live in them.

From The Daily Beast

Soon after that, in September, Ilyumzhinov stepped down from the presidency of Kalmykia.

From The Daily Beast