Tajikistan
geographical name
Ta·jik·i·stan tä-ˌji-ki-ˈstan 
tə-,
-ˌjē-,
-ˈstän;
-ˈji-ki-ˌstan,
-ˌstän,
-ˈjē-
landlocked country in west central Asia; capital Dushanbe area 55,637 square miles (144,100 square kilometers), population 8,605,000
Note: From 1929 to 1991, Tajikistan was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union called the Ta*dzhik Republic \\ tä-ˈjik 
, tə- , -ˈjēk \\ .