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    Why did Kyrgyzstan change its name from Kirgizia?

    Question #94006. Asked by author. (Mar 27 08 3:57 PM)


    neelie_447

    		It was the name they took when they became independant from the Soviet Union.

    http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761565190_7/kyrgyzstan.html

    Mar 27 08, 4:09 PM
    author

    		This is correct, but I suppose there was a reason for the name change?

    Mar 27 08, 4:42 PM
    zbeckabee

    		Kyrgyzstan -- In the old Turkic language, kyrg means "40" and yz means "tribes," so the word itself means "40 tribes." The Kyrgyz originated in Mongolia.

    http://www.yaelf.com/questions.shtml

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manas_%28epic%29

    Tradition has it that 40 tribes were united by the national hero Manas - who used the colour red on his banner - into the Kyrgyz nation.

    http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/kg.html


    Mar 27 08, 5:17 PM
    author

    		Yes, and the Central Asian countries changed many of their geographical names to sound more "Kyrgyz", more "Kazakh", more "Uzbek", more "Turkmen", more "Tajik" and so on.

    http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/04/6b1be677-0544-4460-ac96-81a9d399a403.html

    Mar 27 08, 6:46 PM

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