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Karakax

/kɑɹ.ə.kɑʃ/

Karakax proper noun: a county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Proper noun

Karakax

  1. A county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • The Xinjiang government said in a short statement on its main news website that the incident occurred just before 5pm in Karakax county, deep in southern Xinjiang’s Uighur heartland.2016 December 28, “Xinjiang attack: four 'terrorists' and one bystander killed, says China”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2016
    • The Xinjiang Discipline Inspection Commission announced the investigation into Hu Jun, 49, party secretary of Karakax county in south Xinjiang, and Zhang Jinbiao, 53, party secretary of Hotan, the prefecture where Karakax is located.2017 January 5, Christian Shepherd, “China investigates party officials in restive Xinjiang for 'discipline breaches'”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2017...
  2. A town in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • After 80km and 1½ hours there is finally some green at the turn-off to Píshān, but the desert soon reclaims the road's boundaries, threatening the road itself, until Karakax (Mòyù), about 25km before Khotan, where there are tidy cultivated fields of corn, cotton and rice.1997, Peter Neville-Hadley, China the Silk Routes (Cadogan Guides), Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 294
    • 6000 women were recruited for this study from the Karakax County (Karakax town and Zawa, Yawa, Karsay and Kuiya villages) of the Hotan Prefecture (Xinjiang, China). All the participants provided informed consent. The eligible women were aged between 21–60 years, sexually active, not pregnant and...2017, Guzhalinuer Abulizi, Hua Li, Patiman Mijiti, Tangnuer Abulimiti, Jing Cai, Jie Gao, Dandan Meng, Reyihanguli Abula, Tunishahan Abudereyimu, Anarguli Aizezi, You Lin Qiao, “Risk factors for...
    Synonyms:
    Mo-yü, Kalakashi, K'a-la-k'a-shih
  3. Karakash River
    • The road then descends into the valley of the Karakax River, where a detour cuts through to Khotan at the southern extremity of the Taklamakhan Desert on the Silk Route.2004, Gyurme Dorje, Footprint Tibet (Footprint Travel Guides), 3rd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 397

Examples of Karakax in a sentence

  • The detainees listed come from Karakax County, a traditional settlement on the edge of Xinjiang's Taklamakan desert where more than 97 percent of its roughly 650,000 residents are Uighur.2020 February 18, “Leaked data shows China's Uighurs detained due to religion”, in Aruba Today, page A10:
  • 6000 women were recruited for this study from the Karakax County (Karakax town and Zawa, Yawa, Karsay and Kuiya villages) of the Hotan Prefecture (Xinjiang, China).2017, Guzhalinuer Abulizi, Hua Li, Patiman Mijiti, Tangnuer Abulimiti, Jing Cai, Jie Gao, Dandan Meng, Reyihanguli Abula, Tunishahan...

Synonyms of Karakax

Forms of Karakax

alternative formQaraqash
alternative formKarakash

Origin of Karakax

Borrowed from Uyghur قاراقاش (qaraqash).

Questions about Karakax

What does Karakax mean?
Karakax means a county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
How do you use Karakax in a sentence?
The detainees listed come from Karakax County, a traditional settlement on the edge of Xinjiang's Taklamakan desert where more than 97 percent of its roughly 650,000 residents are Uighur.
What part of speech is Karakax?
Karakax is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Karakax?
Karakax is pronounced /kɑɹ.ə.kɑʃ/.

Words near Karakax in the dictionary

  1. Karakasheva
  2. Karakashian
  3. Karakashians
  4. Karakashyan
  5. Karakashyans
  6. Karakax
  7. Karakelong
  8. Karakhanid
  9. karakia
  10. karakoa
  11. Karakol

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