A-t'u-shih

A form of Atushi — Synonym of Artux: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

OriginMandarin 阿圖什 /阿图什 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Atushi (Artux)

    The K'o-tzu-lo-su Kirghiz chou bordered on the K'o-shih chuan-ch'ü and its seat at A-t'u-shih was only twenty-five kilometers from K'o-shih shih.

    1963, Henry Guenter Schwarz, Policies and Administration of Minority Areas in Northwest China and Inner Mongolia, 1949-1959, volume 2 (PhD Thesis), University of Wisconsin, →OCLC, page 338
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    The name Saifudin is a Chinese corruption of Saif-al-din Azia (or Seyfudin Azizov, the Russian variant), and it is transliterated into Chinese as Sai Fu-ting. The son of a businessman, he was born into a Uighur Muslim family in the small town of Artush (A-t’u-shih), located about 15 miles northwest of Kashgar, not far from the Russian border.

    1971, Donald W. Klein, Anne B. Clark, Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism, 1921-1965, volume 2, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 743, column 1

    The destination of the second excursion, led by envoy Forsyth himself and participated in, apart from Stoliczka, by Dr. Bellew, Capt. Chapman and Capt. Trotter, was Altyn-Artysh, situated approximately 23 miles to the north-east of Kashgar (now A-t'u-shih, the administrative centre of the Kyzyl-su Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture in the Hsin-chiang Uighur Autonomous Region), and its environs.

    1982, Josef Kolmaš, Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838-1874): The Life and Work of the Czech Explorer in India and High Asia, University of Vienna, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2023, page 23

    China's ethnic minority autonomous territorial and administrative units are: The Sinkiang Uyghur Autonomous region, capital Urumchi (Tihua). This has a majority Turkic population located in five chou (autonomous administrative districts). They are (1) The Qïrghïz Autonomous Chou ((K'o-tzu-lo-su (Qyzyl Su/Qïzïl Su)), center Artus (A-t'u-shih);[…]

    1984, Harold R. Battersby, Some Introductory Notes on Altaic and Uralic Studies for Potential Contributors to Ultimate Reality and Meaning, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2022, page 40

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
artux

Origin

  1. Mandarin阿圖什 /阿图什
  2. EnglishA-t'u-shih

From Mandarin 阿圖什 /阿图什 (Ātúshí), Wade–Giles romanization: A¹-tʻu²-shih².

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A-t'u-shih. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/A-t'u-shih

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