Etymology

Kyzyl

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Today it means: The capital city of Tuva, Russia. Full definition →

Russian Кызы́л ← tyv Кызыл
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  1. tyv · derived fromКызыл
  2. Russian · borrowed fromКызы́л
  3. English todayKyzyl

Borrowed from Russian Кызы́л (Kyzýl), from Tuvan Кызыл (Kızıl, literally “red”), honoring the communist movement.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.