Ürümqi

/ʊˈrʊmt͡ʃi//uːˈɹuːmt͡ʃi/

proper noun

A prefecture-level city, the capital of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Urumchi · alternative Ürümchi · alternative Urumqi · alternative dated Urumtsi · alternative Orumtsi

  1. A prefecture-level city, the capital of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

    Before the Wednesday’s suspension, there were 24 flights a week from Kazakhstan to China, including a daily flight to Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang.

    2020 January 29, Adam Schreck, Elaine Kurtenbach, David Koenig, “More airlines drop flights to China as virus spreads”, in AP News, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2021
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    As also proved from statistical figures, different wind conditions are established over some marginal parts of China. Harbin/15, which records 50% of all directions from SE, S and SW, underlines atypical wind conditions which exist over northeastern China. The same is true for Lhasa/239 which experiences 44% of all directions from NE, E and SE, and Ürümqi/269 which records 38% of all winds with a southern component. These three stations demonstrate rare wind conditions which do not coincide with the typical northern winds in winter.

    1988, Manfred Domrös, Peng Gongbing, “Circulation”, in The Climate of China, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 36

    Fanfou, Jiwai and Digu were some of the first Twitter clones to become successful in China. However all three - plus Twitter itself - were blocked by the Chinese government in July 2009, due to their usage during the uprisings in Ürümqi.

    2010 March 4, Richard MacManus, “China's Twitter Clones”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2023, Technology

    Synonyms: Wulumuqi, Wulumuchi, Wu-lu-mu-ch'i, Dihua, Ti-hua, Tihua, Tihwa

  2. A county of Ürümqi city, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

    Another officer from the police station in Benfangguo Bazar in Urumqi county confirmed that the station was currently detaining Zhanargul’s mother, elder sister, and two elder brothers, but could not confirm or deny that their detainment had anything to do with Zhanargul’s.

    [2023 February 21, Shohret Hoshur, “China arrests family of Kazakh singer supposedly contacted by foreign reporter”, in RFA Uyghur, transl., edited by Eugene Whong and Malcolm Foster, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2023

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA prefecture-level city, the capital of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Also see

Origin

Borrowed from Uyghur ئۈرۈمچى (ürümchi) via its official SASM/GNC/SRC romanization. See there for more.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic أُورُومْتْشِي
  • أُورُومْتْشِي (ʔūrūmtšī)Capital of Xinjiang
Bengali উরুমচী
  • উরুমচী (urumci)Capital of Xinjiang
Chinese Cantonese 烏魯木齊 /乌鲁木齐
  • 烏魯木齊 /乌鲁木齐 (wu¹ lou⁵ muk⁶ cai⁴)Capital of Xinjiang
Chinese Mandarin 烏魯木齊 /乌鲁木齐
  • 烏魯木齊 /乌鲁木齐 (Wūlǔmùqí)Capital of Xinjiang
Czech Urumči, Úrůmdží
  • UrumčiCapital of Xinjiang
  • ÚrůmdžíCapital of Xinjiang
Finnish Ürümqi
  • ÜrümqiCapital of Xinjiang
Greek Ουρούμτσι
  • Ουρούμτσι (Ouroúmtsi)Capital of Xinjiang
Hindi उरुमची
  • उरुमची (urumcī)Capital of Xinjiang
Hungarian Ürümcsi
  • ÜrümcsiCapital of Xinjiang
Japanese 烏魯木斉
  • 烏魯木斉 (Urumuchi)Capital of Xinjiang
Korean 우루무치
  • 우루무치 (Urumuchi)Capital of Xinjiang
Polish Urumczi
  • UrumcziCapital of Xinjiang
Portuguese Urumqi, Urumchi
  • UrumqiCapital of Xinjiang
  • UrumchiCapital of Xinjiang
Russian Урумчи́, Улумуци́
  • Урумчи́ (Urumčí)Capital of Xinjiang
  • Улумуци́ (Ulumucí)Capital of Xinjiang
Slovak Urumči
  • UrumčiCapital of Xinjiang
Turkish Urumçi
  • UrumçiCapital of Xinjiang
Ukrainian Урумчі́
  • Урумчі́ (Urumčí)Capital of Xinjiang
Vietnamese Ürümqi, Ô Lỗ Mộc Tề
  • ÜrümqiCapital of Xinjiang
  • Ô Lỗ Mộc TềCapital of Xinjiang
Cite this entry
APA

Ürümqi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%9Cr%C3%BCmqi

MLA

“Ürümqi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%9Cr%C3%BCmqi. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ürümqi,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%9Cr%C3%BCmqi.

Source: Ürümqi on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.