Dzungaria
/(d)zʊŋˈɡɑːɹiə/
Dzungaria proper noun: a geographical region in northwestern China.
Proper noun
Dzungaria
- A geographical region in northwestern China.
- Little Bucharia is separated, on the north, by the chain of the Celestial Mountains, from Dzungaria, which is inhabited by nomade Calmucks, and is terminated on the north by Siberia.1829 April, “Dictionary of Tibetan Language”, in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, volume 27, number 160, →OCLC, page 432
- Prejevalsky’s Horse, which has been found in Central Asia near Zaisan and in the desert of Dzungaria, is described by Poliakof (“Annals of Natural History,” 1881, p. 16, et seq.) as intermediate between the horse and the ass.1896, M. Horace Hayes, “Wild Horses”, in Points of the Horse: A Familiar Treatise on Equine Conformation, 2nd edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, →OCLC, page 273
Examples of Dzungaria in a sentence
- No traditional Chinese dynasty ever governed the whole of Dzungaria.1966, George Moseley, A Sino-Soviet Cultural Frontier: the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Chou, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →OCLC...
- An oil field was discovered at Karamai in 1955, the first of a number to be found in Dzungaria.1971, Robert Clayton, “Sinkiang”, in China (Finding Out About GEOGRAPHY), New York: John Day Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 12, column 1:
- We drove from the Ili valley through the whole of Dzungaria, took the train out of Sinkiang, and continued down the Kansu corridor by car all the way to the Shensi border.1979, Jan Myrdal, translated by Ann Hening, The Silk Road: A Journey from the High Pamirs and Ili through Sinkiang and Kansu, New York...
Forms of Dzungaria
| alternative form | Dzungharia |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Dzhungaria |
| alternative form | Dzhungharia |
| alternative form | Zengoria |
| alternative form | Zungaria |
| alternative form | Zungharia |
| alternative form | Zhungaria |
| alternative form | Zhungharia |
| alternative form | Dsungaria |
| alternative form | Djungaria |
Origin of Dzungaria
From Dzungar + -ia.
Words formed from Dzungaria
Words that rhyme with Dzungaria
Questions about Dzungaria
- What does Dzungaria mean?
- Dzungaria means a geographical region in northwestern China.
- How do you use Dzungaria in a sentence?
- No traditional Chinese dynasty ever governed the whole of Dzungaria.
- What part of speech is Dzungaria?
- Dzungaria is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Dzungaria?
- Dzungaria is pronounced /(d)zʊŋˈɡɑːɹiə/.
Words near Dzungaria in the dictionary
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