Etymology

Sinkiang

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Today it means: Synonym of Xinjiang: A Uyghur autonomous region of China, located in the sparsely populated northwest. Full definition →

Mandarin 新疆
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from新疆
  2. English todaySinkiang

From the Postal Romanization of Nanking court dialect Mandarin 新疆 (Xīnjiāng), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].

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