Meanings
proper noun
- A county of Ili prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
According to Atajurt, Yerzhanat Abai entered Kazakhstan on March 27 and sought help from the group in the Kazakh city of Almaty four days later. He said he was from Gongliu county, Yili prefecture in Xinjiang, China.
2025 May 16, Qian Lang, “Rights group raises alarm over ethnic Kazakh who fled Xinjiang”, in Mat Pennington, editor, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 16 May 2025
Origin
- Mandarin鞏留 /巩留
- EnglishGongliu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鞏留 /巩留 (Gǒngliú).
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Chinese Cantonese 鞏留 /巩留
- 鞏留 /巩留 (gung² lau⁴)county
Chinese Mandarin 鞏留 /巩留
- 鞏留 /巩留 (Gǒngliú)county
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Cite this entry
APA
Gongliu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gongliu
MLA
“Gongliu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gongliu. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gongliu,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gongliu.
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