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  • proper noun The mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together.

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Examples

  • ChinaFotoPress/Zuma Press A herdsman with sheep and cattle made his way through the Altay grassland during the seasonal livestock migration in Xinjiang, China.

    Asia in Pictures: June 15 2011

  • Michal Czerwonka for The Wall Street Journal Alpay Altay, an engineer from Turkey, drives a taxi in Santa Monica, Calif., to make ends meet.

    'I'm Not Sure I Am Lucky' 2011

  • Mr. Altay grew up in northeastern Turkey, where his family lived off a small plot of land.

    'I'm Not Sure I Am Lucky' 2011

  • ChinaFotoPress/Zuma Press A herdsman with sheep and cattle made his way through the Altay grassland during the seasonal livestock migration in Xinjiang, China.

    Asia in Pictures: June 15 2011

  • After winning the green-card lottery on his fifth try in 2009, Alpay Altay, a native of Turkey, quit his job as a civil engineer in Moscow to start a new life in the United States.

    'I'm Not Sure I Am Lucky' 2011

  • They were in the foothills of the Altay Mountains, which ran in a long line from west to east, providing something of a northern boundary to the Gobi.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • Altay was hit by a heavy snowfall Monday, with the local observatory issuing a blue warning signal for the snowfall.

    China Embraces Heavy Snow 2010

  • They were in the foothills of the Altay Mountains, which ran in a long line from west to east, providing something of a northern boundary to the Gobi.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • They were in the foothills of the Altay Mountains, which ran in a long line from west to east, providing something of a northern boundary to the Gobi.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • My pal and fellow LibraryThing alum, Altay, has launched a fantastic new site, QToro.

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

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