Think about six cities in your country. Where do their names come from of? What are the strange names? Compare your ideas Kazakstan city, Make by example - Nur-Sultan is the name of the city in honor of the president.
1.Shymkent - Scientists explain the meaning of the city's name as “garden city”, “green city”, “city surrounded by grass”, citing various historical facts about Shymkent.
2.Semey - the name of the Semipalatinsk fortress, and then the city of Semipalatinsk, comes from seven Kalmyk Buddhist temples found on the territory of Dorzhingit (Tsorzhiinkid), previously inhabited by the Dzungars.
3. The name Karaganda means "the place where Karaganda grows." Karagan is the name of the plant.
4. Almaty comes from the word apple. It is here that the world famous apple aport grows.
5. Aktobe is a city built in 1869 at the mouth of the Kargaly and Elek rivers at the foot of the hill, therefore it is called the "white hill".
6. The meaning of the name of Taldykorgan: the first part of the name “taldy” is translated as “many poplars”, the second “korgan” means “fortress”, “fortification”.
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1.Shymkent - Scientists explain the meaning of the city's name as “garden city”, “green city”, “city surrounded by grass”, citing various historical facts about Shymkent.
2.Semey - the name of the Semipalatinsk fortress, and then the city of Semipalatinsk, comes from seven Kalmyk Buddhist temples found on the territory of Dorzhingit (Tsorzhiinkid), previously inhabited by the Dzungars.
3. The name Karaganda means "the place where Karaganda grows." Karagan is the name of the plant.
4. Almaty comes from the word apple. It is here that the world famous apple aport grows.
5. Aktobe is a city built in 1869 at the mouth of the Kargaly and Elek rivers at the foot of the hill, therefore it is called the "white hill".
6. The meaning of the name of Taldykorgan: the first part of the name “taldy” is translated as “many poplars”, the second “korgan” means “fortress”, “fortification”.