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Akesu

Syllables: A·ke·su

Akesu proper noun: synonym of Aksu: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

Proper noun

Akesu

  1. Synonym of Aksu: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • In the past 1 year or so, a unit of the PLA capital construction engineer corps located some underground water sources and sank 30 earthen wells for local people in Akesu Prefecture, Xinjiang.1979 September 5 [1979 July 29], “Armymen Sink Wells”, in China Report: Agriculture, number 52, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Urumqi Xinjiang Regional Service, translation of...
    • A fourth prefecture, Akesu, has been designated as a specialist semi-coarse wool growing area. Pure-bred sheep have been imported from Kazakhstan and elsewhere to upgrade the semi-coarse wool sheep in Akesu Prefecture.1993, John W. Longworth, Gregory J. Williamson, “Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region”, in China's Pastoral Region: Sheep and Wool, Minority Nationalities, Rangeland Degradation and Sustainable...
    Synonyms:
    Aksu

Examples of Akesu in a sentence

  • In 1987, the government for Akesu district, which includes Kuche, complained to Xinjiang provincial authorities that oil from the wells threatened local drinking supplies.2005 November 1, Peter S. Goodman, “Oil Investors Tapped Out Of Wells”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
  • Though for the short straight-line distance between Yining and Akesu, Kuche, it was still quite difficult to go through because of the Bingdaban which is more than 4,000 meters high.2014, Xinping Li, “Transportation, Plentiful Money and Treasures”, in Modern Xinjiang [活力新疆], Beijing: China Intercontinental Press...

Synonyms of Akesu

Forms of Akesu

alternative formA-k'o-su
alternative formAkosu

Origin of Akesu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 阿克蘇 /阿克苏 (Ākèsū).

Questions about Akesu

What does Akesu mean?
Akesu means synonym of Aksu: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
How do you use Akesu in a sentence?
In 1987, the government for Akesu district, which includes Kuche, complained to Xinjiang provincial authorities that oil from the wells threatened local drinking supplies.
What part of speech is Akesu?
Akesu is a proper noun.

Words near Akesu in the dictionary

  1. akermanite
  2. Akermans
  3. akers
  4. Akershus
  5. akes
  6. Akesu
  7. Aketao
  8. akether
  9. aketon
  10. aketons
  11. Akeu

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