Xinjiang en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈsin-/
- shĭnʹj(ē-)ăngʹ hyperforeign
- /ˈʃin-/
- /ˈʃɪnˈt͡ʃ(j)ɑŋ/
- shĭn′jyäng′
- shĭnʹj(y)ängʹ hyperforeign
- (Southern-England) audio
- shĭnʹj(y)ăngʹ hyperforeign
- /-ˈd͡ʒ(j)æŋ/ hyperforeign
- /ˈʃin-/ hyperforeign
- /ˈʃɪnˈd͡ʒ(j)ɑŋ/ hyperforeign
- sĭn′kyăng′ (dated)
- /-ˈt͡ʃ(j)æŋ/
- shĭnʹj(ē-)ängʹ hyperforeign
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新疆 (Xīnjiāng, “new territory, new frontier”), from 新 (xīn, “new”) + 疆 (jiāng, “territory, border, frontier”).
Meanings
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A Uyghur autonomous region of China, located in the sparsely populated northwest. Official name: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Capital: Ürümqi.
G7 explicitly agreed to call out human rights abuses in Xinjiang and in Hong Kong- explicitly. Two, to coordinate a common strategy to deal with China non-market policies that undermine competition- we've agreed and that's underway now how to do that. Three, to take serious actions against forced labor in solar, agriculture and the garment industries, because that's where it's happening- and they've agreed we will do that.
2021 June 13, President Joe Biden, 0:00 from the start, in Biden says G7 leaders agreed to call out China over human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, South China Morning Post:Eighteen people remain trapped in a gold mine after it caved in China's northwestern province of Xinjiang.
2022 December 25, “China: 18 miners trapped after gold mine collapse”, in DW News, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2022, Nature and Environment:Why such urgency and why suddenly a final solution in Xinjiang? […] Toward this objective, China's recent three supreme leaders, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and the incumbent Xi Jinping, all embrace such a new security agenda and engage in feverish Xinjiang ethnic pacification and military buildup campaigns, with each of the three leaders having his own landmark event in implementing this Xinjiang final solution.
2018 October 9, Miles Maochun Yu, “China's Final Solution In Xinjiang”, in Hoover Institution, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2019:Xinjiang was the dark China. The western frontier region, which is twice the size of Texas, is home to more than 10 million Muslim ethnic minorities who have been subject to mass detentions, religious repression and intrusive digital and physical surveillance.
2022 May 6, Li Yuan, “Has Shanghai Been Xinjianged?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2022:Since early 2017, the Chinese government has reportedly detained some 1 million Uygurs and other largely Muslim ethnic minorities in mass internment camps in Xinjiang, where inmates are subjected to political indoctrination. Beijing claims the facilities are “vocational training centres” and says they are a legitimate response to the threat of religious extremism.
2020 January 6, Laura Zhou, “Marco Rubio urges US Congress to pass Uygur bill to counter China’s crackdown in Xinjiang”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2020:In the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, only local languages are used as a medium of instruction in the elementary and middle schools. In the same region, the law provides that both Chinese and Uighur must be used in all public documents.
1975, “The National Minority Languages of China”, in Winfred P. Lehmann, editor, Language and Linguistics in the People's Republic of China, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114:In mid-1978 the 800-km. Karakoram highway was opened, linking Xinjiang province in the People’s Republic of China with Havelian, north of Islamabad, after being under construction for 20 years.
1981, “Pakistan”, in The Far East and Australasia 1981-82, 13th edition, Europa Publications, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 986, column 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinkiang | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Singkiang | alternative, misspelling | lexicographic | |
| Hsin-chiang | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Xingjiang | alternative, misspelling | lexicographic | |
| Hsin-kiang | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Hsinchiang | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Ürümqi · Urumchi · Uyghur · Wulumuqi · Altishahr
Synonyms
East Turkistan · XUAR · Little Bokhara · East Turkestan · Chinese Turkestan
Translations (71)
ko 신강 (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · srh šinjun (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · th ซินเจียง (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · srh شىنجاڭ (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · cmn 新疆 (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · ko 신장 (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · os шинжанг (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · crh Şînğa (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · fa سینکیانگ (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · dng Щинҗён (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · hu Ujgúria (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · fi Sinkiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · yai Шинҷон (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · xal Зүнһар (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · lv Siņdzjana (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · hy Սինծիան (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · sv Xinjiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · ar شِينْجْيَانْغ (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · sv Sinkiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · bo ཤིན་ཅང (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · pl Sinkiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · uk Сіньцзя́н (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · cs Sin-ťiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · mn ᠰᠢᠨᠵᠢᠶᠠᠩ (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · nl Xinjiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · xwo ᠱᡅᠨᡓᡅᡕᠠᡊ (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · hi शिनच्यांग (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · ar شِينْجْيَانْغ (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · pt Xinjiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · ka სინძიანი (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · mn Шиньжян (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · az Sintszyan (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · be Сіньцзя́н (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · ky Шинжаң (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · tr Sincan (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · yai Шинҷонг (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · sjo ᠰᡞ᠌ᠨ᠋ᡪᡞ᠌ᠶᠠᡢ (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · uz Shinjong (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · pt Sinkiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · es Sinkiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · uz Sinszyan (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · xal Шинҗән (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · fi Xinjiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · eo Ŝjinĝjiango (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · es Xinjiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · ru Синьцзя́н (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · za Sinhgyangh (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · hak 新疆 (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · srh шинҷон (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · mk Шјинџјианг (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · pt Sinquião (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · sah Синдьээҥ (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · mn Шинжаан (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · mnc ᡳᠴᡝ ᠵᡝᠴᡝᠨ (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · hu Hszincsiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · lt Sindziangas (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · cdo 新疆 (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · el Σιντσιάνγκ (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · vi Tân Cương (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · tg Шинҷонг (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · yue 新疆 (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · tk Hinjiýan (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · de Sinkiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · hi शिंजियांग (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · bg Синдзя́н (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · sgh шинҷон (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · fr Xinjiang (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · tg Шинҷон (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · ug شىنجاڭ (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · ja 新疆 (Uyghur autonomous region of China) · kk Шынжаң (Uyghur autonomous region of China)