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Xayar

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

xayar: a county of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China
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Proper noun

Xayar

  1. A county of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • The copper seal of the Qiang elders was unearthed at Sheket in Xayar County in 1958.1989, 郑平 [Zheng Ping], 洛安吉 [Luo Anji], transl., 新疆风物志 [Xinjiang: the Land and the People], Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 150
    • Akkum slope zone: Luntai fracture is this zone's northern boundary. It extends south to near Tarim He and the western boundary is near Xayar County.1990 May 21, Kang Yuzhu, “Results of Hydrocarbon Exploration in Tarim Basin”, in JPRS Report Science and Technology China: Energy, page 26
    Synonyms:
    Shaya

Examples of Xayar in a sentence

  • Figure 2 illustrates a series of temperatures at Xayar, southern Xinjiang that was reconstructed using a correlation between temperature and a tree ring index.1994, Zhang Guoan, Yang Qing, Jiao Jian, Su Minggang, “Climatic Change and Its Environmental Effects During This Century in Xinjiang...
  • Xayar County is located in the Ugen River Basin which is one of the branches of the Tarim River.2014, C.A. Brebbia, H. Bjornlund, editors, Sustainable Irrigation and Drainage V: Management, Technologies and Policies, →ISBN, →OCLC, page...
  • Xinjiang Xayar Prison is located in Xayar County, Aksu District, Southern Xinjiang, which is about 1,130 kilometers away from Urumqi.2019, Han Lianchao, Cotton: The Fabric Full of Lies, Citizen Power Initiatives for China, page 42:

Synonyms of Xayar

Forms of Xayar

alternative formShayar
alternative formShahyar

Origin of Xayar

From Uyghur شايار (shayar).

Questions about Xayar

What does Xayar mean?
Xayar means a county of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
How do you use Xayar in a sentence?
Figure 2 illustrates a series of temperatures at Xayar, southern Xinjiang that was reconstructed using a correlation between temperature and a tree ring index.
What part of speech is Xayar?
Xayar is a proper noun.

Words near Xayar in the dictionary

  1. Xavierite
  2. Xavierites
  3. Xavánte
  4. Xavántes
  5. xawala
  6. Xayar
  7. Xayavong
  8. Xayavongs
  9. Xazar
  10. Xazars
  11. XB

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