Turpan

Proper noun

Turpan

1. A prefecture-level city of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
   • In a corner of Mongolia near Turkestan, at Turpan, in an excavation, old boots have been found which were repaired with kid palimpsests of the third century, A. D., — a literal example of the truth marching into benighted Cathay.1909, John Stuart Thomson, The Chinese, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 371
   • Incomplete remains from the Central Asian sites of Endere in the region of Khotan and Gaochang outside Turpan suggest that similar types of pillars were constructed in Central Asia (Figs. 20 and 21).1990, Stanley K. Abe, Art and Practice in a Fifth-century Chinese Buddhist Cave Temple (Ars Orientalis), volume 20, page 5

   Synonyms:

   Tulufan, T'u-lu-fan