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- Kazakh · derived fromАқтөбе
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From Kazakh Ақтөбе (Aqtöbe), a compound of ақ (aq, “white”) and төбе (töbe, “hill”), referring to the heights on which the original 19th century settlement was located.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.