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Tengri Tagh

Tengri Tagh proper noun: synonym of Tian Shan.

Proper noun

Tengri Tagh

  1. Synonym of Tian Shan.
    • The ancient kingdom of Zungaria, extinguished by the Chinese about the middle of the 18th century, now constitutes the Russian district of Semipalatinsk, and, according to M. Semenof, incloses the centre of the Asiatic continent, the gigantic mountain group of the Tengri Tagh.1875, James Hutton, Central Asia: from the Aryan to the Cossack, London: Tinsley Brothers, →OCLC, →OL, page 318
    • What is the demographic landscape in Xinjiang? The population is concentrated in two segments: the corridor along the northern foothills of the Tengri Tagh and the arcs of oases to the south of the Tengri Tagh.2014, Susan M. Walcott, Corey Johnson, editors, Eurasian Corridors of Interconnection: From the South China to the Caspian Sea, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL
    Synonyms:
    Tian Shan

Synonyms of Tengri Tagh

Origin of Tengri Tagh

Borrowed from Uyghur تەڭرىتاغ (tengritagh, literally “Mountain of God (Tengri)”).

Questions about Tengri Tagh

What does Tengri Tagh mean?
Tengri Tagh means synonym of Tian Shan.
What part of speech is Tengri Tagh?
Tengri Tagh is a proper noun.

Words near Tengri Tagh in the dictionary

  1. Tengmalm's owl
  2. Tengmalm's owls
  3. Tengnoupal
  4. Tengolf
  5. Tengri
  6. Tengri Tagh
  7. Tengrian
  8. Tengrianism
  9. Tengriism
  10. Tengriist
  11. Tengriists

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