Etymology

Baikonur

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Today it means: A city in Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia, constructed to service Baikonur Cosmodrome, since 1995 also called Baikonur. Full definition →

Kazakh Байқоңыр
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  1. Kazakh · borrowed fromБайқоңыр
  2. English todayBaikonur

From Kazakh Байқоңыр (Bayqoŋır, literally “wealthy brown”), i.e. “fertile land with many plants”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.