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Uyghuristan en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌwiɡəɹɪˈstɑːn/
• /ˌuːɪ-/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /-ˈstæn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur ئۇيغۇرىستان (uyghuristan), from ئۇيغۇر (uyghur) + ـىستان (-istan); by surface analysis, Uyghur + -istan.

Meanings

1. A geographic region of Central Asia, inhabited by Uyghurs.
   • This was particularly true given that the Indian Army has long viewed Daulat Beg Oldi, which is located at the nexus of Indian Ladakh and Uyghuristan, as a strategically important piece of territory. 2013, Ankit Panda, “India Caves to China on Border Dispute”, in The Diplomat:
   • The success of this trade depended upon the security of four areas- the oases south of the T'ien Shan mountains in the area known as Uyghuristan, the towns of Transoxiana, the cities of Persia, and the commercial centers of Turkey. 1990, James D. Tracy, editor, The Rise of Merchant Empires, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 358:
   • The elite, primarily Buddhist, Turkic society centered in the south around Turpan became known as Uyghuristan from 932 to 1450, to distinguish it from the Muslim Türks living in the western parts of Xinjiang. 2008, James Cuno, Who Owns Antiquity?, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 107:

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Altishahr

Synonyms

Uyghurland

Translations (21)

ur اویغورستان (area) · tt Уйгырстан (area) · ba Уйғырстан (area) · az Uyğurustan (area) · uz Uygʻuriston (area) · ky Уйгурстан (area) · chg اویغورستان (area) · ug ئۇيغۇرىستان (area) · prs اویغورستان (area) · ar أُويْغُورِسْتَان (area) · nl Oeigoerië (area) · tk Uýgurystan (area) · cmn 維吾爾斯坦 /维吾尔斯坦 (area) · tr Uyguristan (area) · fr Ouïghouristan (area) · tg Уйғуристон (area) · kk Ұйғырстан (area) · cs Ujguristán (area) · fa-ira اویغورستان (area) · nl Oeigoeristan (area) · hu Ujgurisztán (area)