hami

Proper noun capitalized: Hami

Hami

1. A prefecture-level city in eastern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
   • Tulufan or Turfan and Fayuan or Kucheng lie to the east of the capital. Hami, an oasis in the desert, is yet nearer the eastern boundary of the province and is an important post on the chief road into China proper.1913, Thomas Cochrane, “Chapter XXI.”, in Survey of the Missionary Occupation of China, Shanghai: Christian Literature Society for China, →OCLC, page 332
   • THE decision having been reached to send me to Sinkiang, the question arose as to how I was to get there. Urumchi can be reached from three directions ; from Kashmir in India across the Himalaya, Karakoram and Pamir to Kashgar, and thence a further journey of near a thousand miles through Eastern...1937, Sir Eric Teichman, Journey to Turkistan, Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 27

   Synonyms:

   Khamil, Hamil, Kumul, Qumul