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K'a-shih

K'a-shih is the alternative form of Kashi.

Meaning of Kashi

Proper noun (1)

Kashi

  1. Synonym of Kashgar: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • In September 1986, in Duolu Township, which is in Hetan^([sic]) Prefecture's Luopu County in Southern Xinjiang, people began to contract the communicable non-Type A-non-Type B enteric hepatitis. The disease spread to some of the rural areas in Hetan^([sic]), Kashi, and Kizilsu.1988 April 7 [1988 March 30], “Spread of Non-Type A-Non-Type B Hepatitis in Southern Xinjiang Now Under Control”, in Daily Report: China, number 67, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced...
    Synonyms:
    Kashgar, K'o-shih

Proper noun (2)

Kashi

  1. Synonym of Varanasi.
    • In the mind of India, Varanasi or Kashi is an ancient space suspended in an unbroken continuum, not a project under construction.2024 April 30, “Kashi: A Date With The Present”, in The New Indian Express, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2024
    Synonyms:
    Varanasi

Origin of K'a-shih

From Mandarin 喀什, Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻa¹-shih².

Questions about K'a-shih

What is K'a-shih the alternative form of?
K'a-shih is the alternative form of Kashi.

Words near K'a-shih in the dictionary

  1. k!lled
  2. k!lling
  3. k!lls
  4. K&M
  5. K&R
  6. K'a-shih
  7. K'ai-feng
  8. K'ai-p'ing
  9. K'ai-yüan
  10. k'ang
  11. K'ang-ting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: K'a-shih (page history and authors); Kashi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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