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Wujiaqu

Syllables: Wu·jia·qu/wuːd͡ʒiɑːˈt͡ʃuː/

Wujiaqu proper noun: a county-level city in northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

wujiaqu: a county-level city in northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China
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Proper noun

Wujiaqu

  1. A county-level city in northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • On the farms in Altai, Ili, Tahcheng, Burtala, Shihotzu and Wuchiachu in Northern Sinkiang, members of the farms have been studying and applying the "three constantly read articles" in a living way.[1969 March 4 [1969 February 25], “Sinkiang PLA Engages in Farming Preparations”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 42, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking...
    • Most bingtuan prisons have a small number of former civilian bingtuan members who have been convicted of crimes. There are also contingents of regular native Xinjiang prisoners, including some who were transferred to the prisons of the First Division after 1985. Yang Zhenhua, p. 416. We believe...1998, James D. Seymour, Richard Anderson, New Ghosts Old Ghosts Prisons and Labor Reform Camps in China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 58

Examples of Wujiaqu in a sentence

  • We believe that the Sixth Division in Wujiaqu also has Xinjiang prisoners.1998, James D. Seymour, Richard Anderson, New Ghosts Old Ghosts Prisons and Labor Reform Camps in China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 58:
  • This spider with markings on its back resembling a human face was found in the city of Wujiaqu in northwestern China in April 2006.2007, Geoff Tibballs, Ripley's Believe It or Not! 2008, Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 177, column 2:
  • A residential compound is seen during a smoggy day in Wujiaqu, Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region, Nov. 19, 2013.2013 December 27, Alissa Ambrose, “2013: The year in photos”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2021:

Forms of Wujiaqu

alternative formWu-chia-chu

Origin of Wujiaqu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 五家渠 (Wǔjiāqú).

Questions about Wujiaqu

What does Wujiaqu mean?
Wujiaqu means a county-level city in northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
How do you use Wujiaqu in a sentence?
We believe that the Sixth Division in Wujiaqu also has Xinjiang prisoners.
What part of speech is Wujiaqu?
Wujiaqu is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Wujiaqu?
Wujiaqu is pronounced /wuːd͡ʒiɑːˈt͡ʃuː/.

Words near Wujiaqu in the dictionary

  1. Wuisse
  2. wuji
  3. Wujiagang
  4. Wujiang
  5. Wujiapingian
  6. Wujiaqu
  7. Wujin
  8. wuk
  9. Wuk Wuk
  10. wukipolyomavirus
  11. wukipolyomaviruses

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