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Urchi

Urchi proper noun: a township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Proper noun

Urchi

  1. A township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • The head of Urchi township in Hotan’s Qaraqash (Moyu) county said she had heard “about a month ago” that a burial management center had been constructed and would be “opening soon.”2018 April 19, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Xinjiang Authorities Use ‘Burial Management Centers’ to Subvert Uyghur Funeral Traditions”, in Alim Seytoff, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the...
    • Abduheber Ahmet, the imam of the Dongbagh Mosque in Urchi township, in Hotan’s Qaraqash (Moyu) county, was initially detained in May 2017 and handed a five and a half-year jail term a month later, the ruling Chinese Communist Party secretary of Urchi township told RFA’s Uyghur Service.2018 May 10, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Xinjiang Authorities Jail Uyghur Imam Who Took Son to Unsanctioned Religious School”, in Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 10 May 2018

Origin of Urchi

Borrowed from Uyghur ئۇرچى (urchi).

Questions about Urchi

What does Urchi mean?
Urchi means a township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
What part of speech is Urchi?
Urchi is a proper noun.

Words near Urchi in the dictionary

  1. urceoli
  2. urceolus
  3. urceus
  4. Urch
  5. Urchfont
  6. Urchi
  7. urchin
  8. urchin barren
  9. urchin barrens
  10. urchin fish
  11. urchin fishes

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