Guma

Guma proper noun: synonym of Pishan.

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Proper noun (1)

Guma

Synonym of Pishan.
- In Guma County, on the foothills of the Kunlun, in the locality of Kulan-Aryk, Sanju, etc., are between 300 and 350 persons affiliated to the Naiman, Teyit, Kesek, Boston and other groups .1963, Central Asian Review, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 177
- This is an original characteristic of the Turkic languages which has disappeared from the other dialects of modern Uygur, but it has been partly retained by the Lobnor dialect and the Hotan dialect spoken in the County of Guma.1989, Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, volume 79, →OCLC, page 245
Synonyms:

Pishan
A town in Pishan, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
- He started by asking the elders and officials whether they knew of the discovery of any old books in the desert around Guma. Nobody had. Of the list of sites which Islam Akhun had included in his itinerary published by Hoernle, only two were known to them. As both lay close to Guma, Stein rode out...1984, Peter Hopkirk, Foreign Devils on the Silk Road, John Murray, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 77

Guma

In 2019, Guma County planned to sterilise 14,1 per cent of married women of childbearing age; Khotan announced a goal of 34.3 per cent.2007, James A. Millward, “Colonialism, Assimilationism and Ethnocide (2000s–2020s)”, in Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, London...
Radio Free Asia reported that Friday’s attack took place in Guma County, known as Pishan in Chinese.2015 February 17, Michael Forsythe, “Suicide Bomber Kills Up to 8 in Xinjiang, Radio Free Asia Reports”, in The New York Times, →ISSN...
Among those who told NBC News they were detained was Omer, who was born in Guma County, a predominantly Uighur part of Xinjiang region.2020 September 9, Willem Marx, Olivia Sumrie, “Uighurs accuse China of mass detention, torture in landmark complaint”, in NBC News...
He started by asking the elders and officials whether they knew of the discovery of any old books in the desert around Guma.1984, Peter Hopkirk, Foreign Devils on the Silk Road, John Murray, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 77:

Borrowed from Uyghur گۇما (guma).

Borrowed from Dzongkha གུ་མ་ (gu ma).

What does Guma mean?: Guma means synonym of Pishan.
How do you use Guma in a sentence?: In 2019, Guma County planned to sterilise 14,1 per cent of married women of childbearing age; Khotan announced a goal of 34.3 per cent.
What part of speech is Guma?: Guma is a proper noun.

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