Meanings
proper noun
- The largest city in and former (until 1998) capital of Kazakhstan, formerly known as Alma-Ata.
Unlike Uzbekistan, which unsuccessfully pursued the 2000 summer Games, the Almaty bid was crafted by wily veterans of the process.
2015 July 30, Jules Boykoff, “Beijing and Almaty contest Winter Olympics in human rights nightmare”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025 - A region of Kazakhstan. Capital: Qonayev.
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Verniy
Origin
- KazakhАлматы
- EnglishAlmaty
Transliteration from Kazakh Алматы (Almatı), which is an adjective form of алма (alma, “apple”).
More words from Kazakh
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Arabic أَلْمَاتِي
- أَلْمَاتِي (ʔalmātī)city
Bengali আলমাটি
- আলমাটি (almaṭi)city
Bulgarian Алмати́
- Алмати́ (Almatí)city
Chinese Mandarin 阿拉木圖 /阿拉木图
- 阿拉木圖 /阿拉木图 (Ālāmùtú)city
Esperanto Almato
- Almatocity
Estonian Almatõ
- Almatõcity
Finnish Almaty
- Almatycity
German Almaty
- Almatycity
Greek Αλμάτι
- Αλμάτι (Almáti)city
Hindi अलमाती
- अलमाती (almātī)city
Hungarian Almati
- Almaticity
Japanese アルマトイ
- アルマトイ (Arumatoi)city
Korean 알마티
- 알마티 (Almati)city
Latvian Almati
- Almaticity
Lithuanian Almata
- Almatacity
Persian آلماتی
- آلماتی (âlmâti)city
Polish Ałmaty, Ałma Ata
- Ałmatycity
- Ałma Atacity
Portuguese Almaty
- Almatycity
Romanian Almatî
- Almatîcity
Russian Алматы́, Алма-Ата́
- Алматы́ (Almatý)city
- Алма-Ата́ (Alma-Atá)city
Spanish Almatý
- Almatýcity
Swedish Almaty
- Almatycity
Turkish Almatı
- Almatıcity
Ukrainian Алмати́
- Алмати́ (Almatý)city
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Cite this entry
APA
Almaty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Almaty
MLA
“Almaty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Almaty. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Almaty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Almaty.
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