Aktau

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A city (population 160,000), Kazakhstan's main seaport on the Caspian Sea. Official city name 1963-64 and since 1991.

Related

Similar words

• Melovoye (1958-)
• Guryev-20 (-1963)
• Shevchenko (official name from 1964 to 1991)

Origin

• Kazakh Ақтау, name which may be due to its cliffs that overlook the Caspian Sea