Meanings
alternative Achchiq
- A township in Lop, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Within the Tarim Basin, they reach to the Aqqik area, and Magartag in the central region.[...]the Tarim gulf was very wide, and seawater extended northward to Yingan of Akesu, and Xiaokuzibai of Wensu and possibly eastward to Aqqik of Luopu.
1991, Tamio Kotaka, Shallow Tethys 3: Proceedings of the International Symposium, →OCLC, pages 235, 2361 more example
In the course of marine incursion and sedimentation, the sea only reached the Wuqia area during the late Eocene, but in Palaeocene - middle Eocene, marine conditions extended eastwards into the desert of the Mazartag area, and southwards, probably into the Aqqik area of Lop.
1996, Zhou Zhiyi, W. T. Dean, editors, Phanerozoic Geology of Northwest China, Beijing: Science Press, →OCLC, page 125
Synonyms & antonyms
from Mandarin Chinese
Origin
- Uyghurئاچچىق
- EnglishAqqik
Borrowed from Uyghur ئاچچىق (achchiq).
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Chinese Mandarin 阿其克
- 阿其克 (Āqíkè)township in Lop, Hotan, Xinjiang, China
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