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Yutian

Syllables: Yu·tian

Yutian proper noun: a county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Proper noun (1)

Yutian

  1. A county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • Authorities at the Yutian (Keriye) County Agricultural Bureau, Hoten district, called for each work unit to strengthen "management" of bureau staff and retired workers and to guarantee they "don't believe in religion, attend religious activities, or fast," according to an August 3 report on the...2011, “Xinjiang Authorities Implement Ramadan Curbs Amid Renewed Pledges for Tight Controls Over Religion”, in Congressional-Executive Commission on China
    • These buses stop at the oasis towns of Keriya (Yutian; 177km/110 miles; 3 hr.; ¥25), Niya (Minfeng; 294km/182 miles; 5 hr.; ¥55), and Charchan (Qiemo; 603km/374 miles; 8-10 hr.; ¥105-¥147).2012, Frommer's China (Frommer's), 5th edition, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 329
    Synonyms:
    Keriya, Keriye, Kiria

Proper noun (2)

Yutian

  1. historical region in southern Xinjiang, China
    • (We can also use Zhang Qian’s report to fill in more on our map of the Tarim Basin itself. Just west of the stay-behinds lived some people the envoy called the Yumi, then came the Yutian, and beyond the Yutian came the watershed we call the Pamirs, for “west of Yutian, all the rivers flow west and...1999, Elizabeth Wayland Barber, The Mummies of Ürümchi, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 123
    • While there, Zhang sent dozens of assistants to visit other nations including Dayuan, Kangju, Daxia, Darouzhi and Anxi (安息) (present day Iran), Yuandu (身毒), and Yutian (于阗) (present day Hetian, Xinjiang) and Yumi (扜罙) (present day Yutian, Xinjiang).2015, Rongguang Zhao, A History of Food Culture in China, SCPG Publishing Corporation
  2. A former name for a county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Synonyms of Yutian

Forms of Yutian

alternative formYutien
alternative formYu-tien
alternative formYü-tien
alternative formYü-t'ien

Origin of Yutian

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 于田 (Yútián).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 于闐 (Yútián).

Questions about Yutian

What does Yutian mean?
Yutian means a county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
What part of speech is Yutian?
Yutian is a proper noun.

Words near Yutian in the dictionary

  1. Yusupovs
  2. Yuta
  3. Yutan
  4. yute
  5. yutes
  6. Yutian
  7. Yutien
  8. yutnori
  9. yutori education
  10. yutz
  11. yutzes

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