Yutien
Yutien is the alternative form of Yutian.
Meaning of Yutian
Proper noun (1)
Yutian
- 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
Proper noun (2)
Yutian
- 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
- A former name for a county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Origin of Yutien
From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 于田 (Yü²-t'ien²).
Questions about Yutien
- What is Yutien the alternative form of?
- Yutien is the alternative form of Yutian.
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