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Uyghurs

Uyghurs is the plural of Uyghur.

Meaning of Uyghur

Noun

Uyghur (plural Uyghurs or Uyghur)

  1. A member of a Turkic ethnic group living in northwestern China and southeastern Kazakhstan.
    • A new U.S. congressional committee on China will hold its second hearing on Thursday, seeking to highlight what Washington says is an ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang region.
      Rights groups accuse Beijing of abuses, including forced labor, mass...2023 March 23, Michael Martina, “U.S. House panel on China to highlight abuse of Uyghurs in second hearing”, in Jonathan Oatis, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2023

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Questions about Uyghurs

What is Uyghurs the plural of?
Uyghurs is the plural of Uyghur.

Words near Uyghurs in the dictionary

  1. Uyghuristan
  2. Uyghurization
  3. Uyghurjin
  4. Uyghurland
  5. Uyghurness
  6. Uyghurs
  7. Uyghurstan
  8. Uygur
  9. Uygurs
  10. Uyo
  11. UYP

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