Akmola (æk?m??l?; Kazakh ?km??l?) or Aqmolan (Placename) a former name (1994?98) of AstanaCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Ak?mo?la (æk?mo? l?) n. the capital of Kazakhstan, in the N central part. 280,200. Formerly, Akmolinsk, Tselinograd. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.