亚洲网紅露点

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Turkestan

or 罢耻谤路办颈路蝉迟补苍

[ tur-kuh-stan, -stahn, tur-kuh-stan, -stahn ]

noun

  1. a vast region in western and central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the south central part of Xinjiang province in China Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan, a strip of northern Afghanistan, and the area Russian Turkestan comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.


Turkestan

/ 藢迟蓽藧办瑟藞蝉迟蓱藧苍 /

noun

  1. an extensive region of central Asia between Siberia in the north and Tibet, India, Afghanistan, and Iran in the south: formerly divided into West ( Russian ) Turkestan (also called Soviet Central Asia), comprising present-day Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan and the S part of Kazakhstan, and East ( Chinese ) Turkestan , approximating to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 罢耻谤路办别路蝉迟补苍路颈路补苍 adjective noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Turkestan1

First recorded in 1710鈥20; from Persian 罢辞谤办别蝉迟腻苍; literally, 鈥渓and of the Turks鈥
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Example Sentences

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Ethnically Uighur, Mamat left China at age 12 after an uprising in the region of East Turkestan, where most of Mamat鈥檚 extended family still lives.

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In California, Turkestan cockroaches are a relatively recent introduction and, you guessed it, are considered invasive.

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These include the Pakistani Taliban and a nebulous militant group claiming to represent the Uyghur ethnic group in China鈥檚 Xinjiang region, called the East Turkestan Islamic Movement.

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From a Russian jail in Turkestan to a ghetto in Shanghai, 鈥淭he World and All That It Holds鈥 runs along the wire of Pinto鈥檚 tenuous hope.

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The head of the NGO group East Turkestan New Generation Movement, Abdusselam Teklimakan, said the report came late, while Uyghurs were year after year worrying about the fate of their loved ones in Xinjiang.

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Turkana藢罢耻谤办别藞蝉迟补苍颈