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Poskam

Poskam proper noun: a county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Proper noun

Poskam

  1. A county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • There was once, long, long ago, a very old man who was a saint, and whom everyone revered. He lived in a little shop and made, better than anyone, chereks, which are fine Chinese boots of a special shape of which he has left the secret, and which are only made in Poskam.1909, Henry de Bouillane de Lacoste, translated by J. G. Anderson, Around Afghanistan, London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., →OCLC, →OL, page 106
    • Poskam (Zepu) County is 30 km to the east of Yarkand and is the petroleum and natural gas producing hub of southern Xinjiang. The Tajik Ethnic village in Poskam County consists of a few smaller settlements scattered around the Boyluq area.2019, Dagikhudo Dagiev, Carole Faucher, editors, Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia (Central Asian Studies Series), →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL
    Synonyms:
    Zepu, Tse-p'u

Synonyms of Poskam

Forms of Poskam

alternative formPosgam

Origin of Poskam

From Uyghur پوسكام (poskam).

Questions about Poskam

What does Poskam mean?
Poskam means a county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
What part of speech is Poskam?
Poskam is a proper noun.

Words near Poskam in the dictionary

  1. positutely
  2. POSIWID
  3. POSIX
  4. POSIX time
  5. POSIX times
  6. Poskam
  7. posken
  8. poskim
  9. posl
  10. posmet
  11. posmets

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