East Turkestan
/isːt ˌtɜː(ɹ)kɪˈstɑːn/US/isːt ˌtɜɹkɪˈstæn/
East Turkestan proper noun: a geographic region in northwestern China; in modern usage, a synonym of Xinjiang used by the East Turkestan independence movement.
Proper noun
East Turkestan
- A geographic region in northwestern China; in modern usage, a synonym of Xinjiang used by the East Turkestan independence movement.
- It seems to me that I entered the hills, from the Indian side, at Barakau on the 25th of June last; that I reached the ‘top’ on the Depsang plains on the 14th of this month; and that to-day I have emerged on the Central Asian side of the hills into the plains of Eastern Turkestan.[1876 [1874 September 27], J. Scully, “A Contribution to the Ornithology of Eastern Turkestan”, in Allan Hume, editor, Stray Feathers: A Journal of Ornithology for India and its Dependencies, volume...
- It is the opinion of an important school of archeologists that the earliest products of metallurgy in bronze and iron successively progressed to the western world from the far East — a progress that in each case carried with it a revolution in civilizations. We do not know whether this region saw...1905, Raphael Pumpelly, Explorations in Turkestan, with an account of the basin of eastern Persia and Sistan, page 16
East Turkestan meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic
East Turkestan in Hindi
- a historical region in Asia
- पूर्व तुर्किस्तान pūrv turkistān
East Turkestan in Urdu
- a historical region in Asia
- مَشْرِقی تُرْکِسْتان maśriqī turkistān
East Turkestan in Bengali
- a historical region in Asia
- পূর্ব তুর্কিস্তান purbô turkistan
East Turkestan in Arabic
- a historical region in Asia
- تُرْكِسْتَان الشَّرْقِيَّة turkistān aš-šarqiyya
Examples of East Turkestan in a sentence
- If it was not the birthplace of this art, and if it was a distributing center, it is a long step nearer to any far eastern source, whether this was China, East Turkestan, India, or Persia.1905, Raphael Pumpelly, Explorations in Turkestan, with an account of the basin of eastern Persia and Sistan, page 16:
- Altai [Chinese Aerhtai or Ashan], by which name the town is sometimes called, and which formed part (1944-50) of the East Turkestan Republic.1952, “Sharasume”, in Leon E. Seltzer, editor, The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University...
- After Lou-lan, however, the Qum darja river and, north of this, the parallel mountain range of Quruq-tagh again seem to offer some guidance, when choosing the northern route through East Turkestan.1962, Bertil Almgren, Geographical Aspects of the Silk Road Especially in Persia and East Turkestan, number 34, Stockholm: Museum of Far...
- Carpet export from east Turkestan was therefore always directed primarily westwards and to a lesser extent southwards.1970 [1964], Reinhard G. Hubel, “The carpets of East Turkestan”, in Katherine Watson, transl., The Book of Carpets, West Germany: Praeger...
Forms of East Turkestan
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| alternative form | Eastern Turkestan |
Words formed from East Turkestan
Questions about East Turkestan
- What does East Turkestan mean?
- East Turkestan means a geographic region in northwestern China; in modern usage, a synonym of Xinjiang used by the East Turkestan independence movement.
- What is East Turkestan in Hindi?
- East Turkestan in Hindi is पूर्व तुर्किस्तान (pūrv turkistān). See East Turkestan meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use East Turkestan in a sentence?
- If it was not the birthplace of this art, and if it was a distributing center, it is a long step nearer to any far eastern source, whether this was China, East Turkestan, India, or Persia.
- What part of speech is East Turkestan?
- East Turkestan is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce East Turkestan?
- East Turkestan is pronounced /isːt ˌtɜː(ɹ)kɪˈstɑːn/ (UK).
Words near East Turkestan in the dictionary
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