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Uqturpan

Uqturpan proper noun: a county of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Proper noun

Uqturpan

  1. A county of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • I met Yao Jichen of the county cultural hall, who had gone west along this road and discovered a beacon tower of Han times at a spot near Bedel Mountain Pass fifty kilometers west of Wushi (Uqturpan) County.1989, Che Muqi (车慕奇), 丝绸之路今昔 [The Silk Road, Past and Present], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 235
    • Students from ethnic minorities give the Young Pioneer's salute to their teacher (right) at a primary school in Uqturpan county, Xinjiang on May 3, 2012.2017, Alan Taylor, “Scenes From Xinjiang”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 08 May 2017
    Synonyms:
    Wushi, Wu-shih

Synonyms of Uqturpan

Forms of Uqturpan

alternative formUchturpan
alternative formUch Turfan
alternative formUch-Turfan
alternative formUch-turfan
alternative formUsh Turfan

Origin of Uqturpan

From Uyghur ئۇچتۇرپان (uchturpan).

Questions about Uqturpan

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

Words near Uqturpan in the dictionary

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  2. UQAM
  3. uqamairineq
  4. Uqaylid
  5. Uqaylids
  6. Uqturpan
  7. Uquian
  8. ur
  9. Ur continent
  10. Ur continents
  11. ur mom

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