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Aqqik

Aqqik proper noun: a township in Lop, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Proper noun

Aqqik

  1. A township in Lop, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • Within the Tarim Basin, they reach to the Aqqik area, and Magartag in the central region.[...]the Tarim gulf was very wide, and seawater extended northward to Yingan of Akesu, and Xiaokuzibai of Wensu and possibly eastward to Aqqik of Luopu.1991, Tamio Kotaka, Shallow Tethys 3: Proceedings of the International Symposium, →OCLC, pages 235, 236
    • In the course of marine incursion and sedimentation, the sea only reached the Wuqia area during the late Eocene, but in Palaeocene - middle Eocene, marine conditions extended eastwards into the desert of the Mazartag area, and southwards, probably into the Aqqik area of Lop.1996, Zhou Zhiyi, W. T. Dean, editors, Phanerozoic Geology of Northwest China, Beijing: Science Press, →OCLC, page 125
  2. A township in Yopurga, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Synonyms of Aqqik

  • Aqike
  • A-ch’i-k’o

Forms of Aqqik

alternative formAchchiq

Origin of Aqqik

Borrowed from Uyghur ئاچچىق (achchiq).

Questions about Aqqik

What does Aqqik mean?
Aqqik means a township in Lop, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
What part of speech is Aqqik?
Aqqik is a proper noun.

Words near Aqqik in the dictionary

  1. AQL
  2. AQMD
  3. AQMDs
  4. aqpik
  5. aqpiks
  6. Aqqik
  7. AQs
  8. aqsaqal
  9. aqsaqallar
  10. aqsaqals
  11. Aqsaray

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