Bishkeker

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noun

A native or inhabitant of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

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nounBishkeker (plural Bishkekers)

plural Bishkekers

  1. A native or inhabitant of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

    As the Scythians mounted up, Kate spotted Patime Akhun in the crowd with a group of Women in Black who had been some of the first Bishkekers to join the protests. / “Patime,” Kate shouted, catching her attention. “Get in the truck.”

    2017, Matthew Palmer, Enemy of the Good, New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 375
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    Issyk-Kul's health resorts now seem a dying breed, although they still fill up with Bishkekers and local tourists in the hot months. Of at least 115 shoreline sanatoria before 1991, only a handful (mostly around Cholpon-Ata) remain open; best known is the immense Issyk-Kul Sanatorium near Cholpon-Ata.

    1996 June, John King, John Noble, Andrew Humphreys, “Kyrgyzstan: Laky Issyk-Kul & the Central Tian Shan”, in Central Asia: A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit), Hawthorn, Victoria: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 377

    For many long-term Bishkekers, the claim of the ‘incomers’ (priezhie) to the city is a contested one. […] Many Bishkekers were angry that, for the second time in recent memory, state buildings had been ransacked or set on fire […] and that they would have to foot the bill.

    2010 May 13, Madeleine Reeves, “The Latest Revolution”, in London Review of Books, volume 32, number 9

    Kumis is best sampled fresh in a yurt. Even modern Bishkekers come to kumis-drinking retreats in Song Köl Lake or Suusamyr Valley. Coincidently, the name of the Kyrgyz capital city probably derives from the word bishkek — the wooden barrel in which kumis is made.

    2020 January 19, Karolina Wiercigroch, “Photo gallery: dining with nomads in Kyrgyzstan”, in National Geographic

    Synonyms: Bishkekian

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nounA native or inhabitant of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

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French Bichkékien, Bichkékienne
  • Bichkékiennative or inhabitant of Bishkek
  • Bichkékiennenative or inhabitant of Bishkek
Hungarian biskeki
  • biskekinative or inhabitant of Bishkek
Polish biszkekańczyk, biszkekanka
  • biszkekańczyknative or inhabitant of Bishkek
  • biszkekankanative or inhabitant of Bishkek
Russian бишкекча́нин, бишкекча́нка
  • бишкекча́нин (biškekčánin)native or inhabitant of Bishkek
  • бишкекча́нка (biškekčánka)native or inhabitant of Bishkek
Turkish Bişkekli
  • Bişkeklinative or inhabitant of Bishkek
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