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Wulumuqi

Syllables: Wu·lu·mu·qi/wuːˈluːmuːˌt͡ʃiː/

Wulumuqi proper noun: synonym of Ürümqi: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

Proper noun

Wulumuqi

  1. Synonym of Ürümqi: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • In addition to its criticism of Ye Wenfu, "Talk About Problems on the Ideological Front" also criticized a literary alliance preparatory group convener in Wulumuqi, Xinjiang Province. Deng Xiaoping said the following:
    • "There was also the convener of the literary alliance preparatory group in Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, who aired his views freely a few days ago; much of what he said went much farther than some anti-socialist statements made in 1957. Quite a few incidents of this kind have taken place." ("Deng’s Selected...
    • Deng Xiaoping acknowledged that he "felt very alarmed" at reading information about Ye Wenfu's speech and about the literary alliance convener in Wulumuqi. "Opposition to bourgeois liberalization" was thus launched under these circumstances.1983 September 22 [1983 August], Lu Su, “Inner Party Workings Revealed in Deng Xiaoping's Selected Works”, in Cheng Ming (爭鳴 (zhēngmíng)), number 70, Hong Kong: Foreign Broadcast Information Service...
    Synonyms:
    Ürümqi

Synonyms of Wulumuqi

Forms of Wulumuqi

alternative formWulumuchi
alternative formWu-lu-mu-ch'i

Origin of Wulumuqi

c. mid 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 烏魯木齊 /乌鲁木齐 (Wūlǔmùqí).

Questions about Wulumuqi

What does Wulumuqi mean?
Wulumuqi means synonym of Ürümqi: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
What part of speech is Wulumuqi?
Wulumuqi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Wulumuqi?
Wulumuqi is pronounced /wuːˈluːmuːˌt͡ʃiː/.

Words near Wulumuqi in the dictionary

  1. Wulo
  2. Wulong
  3. wulst
  4. wulsts
  5. Wulumuchi
  6. Wulumuqi
  7. wulver
  8. wulvers
  9. Wuma
  10. wumao
  11. wumaos

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