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Kuqa

Kuqa proper noun: a county-level city of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a county.

kuqa: a county-level city of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a county
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Proper noun

Kuqa

  1. A county-level city of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a county.
    • From here the Silk Road bifurcates. In times of unrest, the caravans would move south through the sparse towns along the foot of the Kunlum Mountains, protected from robbers by the Taklimakan desert. But more often they would brave the great northern route with its line of rich oases - Turfan...1989, Colin Thubron, The Silk Road: Beyond the Celestial Kingdom, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15
    • The Kizi Kuqa Beacon Tower
    • Standing 6 mi. (10 km) west of Kuqa County, this ancient watchtower—or the weather-beaten remains of it—was one of many built along the southern arm of the Silk Road to protect traveling merchants and emissaries from bandits.2004, Treasures of China, Reader's Digest, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 96
    Synonyms:
    Kuchar, Kuche, K'u-ch'e, Kuča

Examples of Kuqa in a sentence

  • But more often they would brave the great northern route with its line of rich oases - Turfan, Korla, Kuqa, Aksu - and hope to evade marauders from the grasslands just to the north.1989, Colin Thubron, The Silk Road: Beyond the Celestial Kingdom, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15:
  • In the north-west of Kuqa County, in a ravine, is the site of the 47 Kizilgaha Caves.2018, Benoy K Behl, “China and Mongolia”, in Buddhism: The Path of Compassion, Publications Division, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 194:

Synonyms of Kuqa

Forms of Kuqa

alternative formKucha

Questions about Kuqa

What does Kuqa mean?
Kuqa means a county-level city of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a county.
How do you use Kuqa in a sentence?
But more often they would brave the great northern route with its line of rich oases - Turfan, Korla, Kuqa, Aksu - and hope to evade marauders from the grasslands just to the north.
What part of speech is Kuqa?
Kuqa is a proper noun.

Words near Kuqa in the dictionary

  1. Kupwara
  2. Kupwara District
  3. Kupyanka
  4. Kupyansk
  5. Kupʺjansʹk
  6. Kuqa
  7. Kur
  8. Kura
  9. kura clover
  10. kurabie
  11. kurabiye

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