HyperDic: xinjiang_uighur_autonomous_region

English > 1 sense of the expression Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region:
NOUNlocationXinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang, Sinkiangan autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan
English > Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningAn autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people.
SynonymsXinjiang, Sinkiang
Instance ofstate, provinceThe territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
MembersUighur, Uigur, UygurA member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas
Part ofChina, People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist China, Red China, PRC, CathayA communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia
Region ofEast Turkistan Islamic Movement, East Turkestan Islamic MovementA group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang
SpanishSinkiang, Xinjiang
CatalanSinkiang, Xinjiang

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