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Kawak

Kawak proper noun: a township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Proper noun

Kawak

  1. A township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • Finally, a spreadsheet from Kawak (喀瓦克) Township in the northern part of Karakax County that lists 1,249 persons in detention and re-education shows that 93.2 percent of persons who are classified as “untrustworthy” are either in detention or re-education.2020 February, Adrian Zenz, “The Karakax List: Dissecting the Anatomy of Beijing’s Internment Drive in Xinjiang”, in Journal of Political Risk, volume 8, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
    Synonyms:
    Kawake

Synonyms of Kawak

  • Kawake

Origin of Kawak

Borrowed from Uyghur كاۋاك (kawak).

Questions about Kawak

What does Kawak mean?
Kawak means a township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
What part of speech is Kawak?
Kawak is a proper noun.

Words near Kawak in the dictionary

  1. kawaii
  2. kawaiily
  3. kawaiiness
  4. Kawaiisu
  5. kawain
  6. Kawak
  7. kawaka
  8. Kawakami Ken
  9. kawakas
  10. kawakawa
  11. kawakawas

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