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Tujia

Tujia noun: a member of a large ethnic minority in the People's Republic of China, living in the Wuling Mountains.

Noun

Tujia (plural Tujias or Tujia)

  1. A member of a large ethnic minority in the People's Republic of China, living in the Wuling Mountains.
    • (Peng Chao-feng), a delegate to the Fourth NPC, a Tuchia peasant of (Hotsung) brigade of (Laotung) commune in Laifeng County, said: "The two important central decisions completely reflect the desires of the people of the minority nationalities, in resolute response to the call of the party Central...[1976 October 18 [1976 October 17], “Rural Hupeh Scores Revisionists, Splittists”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 202, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced...

Proper noun

Tujia

  1. Their Tibeto-Burman language, which has northern and southern dialects.

Forms of Tujia

pluralTujias
pluralTujia

Origin of Tujia

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 土家族 (Tǔjiāzú).

Questions about Tujia

What does Tujia mean?
Tujia means a member of a large ethnic minority in the People's Republic of China, living in the Wuling Mountains.
What part of speech is Tujia?
Tujia can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Tujia?
The plural of Tujia is Tujias.

Words near Tujia in the dictionary

  1. tuitionary
  2. tuitions
  3. tuits
  4. tuitui
  5. tujeon
  6. Tujia
  7. Tujias
  8. Tujunga
  9. Tujunga Wash
  10. tuk
  11. tuk tuk

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