Hsin-chiang

/ˈʃɪnˈt͡ʃ(j)ɑŋ//ˈʃin-//ˈsin-//-ˈt͡ʃ(j)æŋ/

A form of Xinjiang — A Uyghur autonomous region of China, located in the sparsely populated northwest. Official name: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Capital: Ürümqi.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Xinjiang.

    The city will serve as the supply base of steel to Kan-su, Ch'ing-hai, and even Hsin-chiang for the various heavy construction projects.

    1974, D. J. Dwyer, editor, China Now: an Introductory Survey with Readings, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 223
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    His father, who died a few months, was the P'an Ta-jen of Sir Aurel Stein's books, the scholarly administrator by whose friendly interest his explorations were so well furthered. A scholar and a gentleman of the old tradition, and an able official who had had many high posts, he was beloved throughout the province of Hsin-chiang, where he was known as "P'an the Good."

    1929, Owen Lattimore, The Desert Road to Turkestan, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, page 8

    Aside from the Turfan depression in Hsin-chiang (Sinkiang) province, the hottest part of China lies in the middle and lower Yangtze Valley. Maximum temperatures of 43°–44°C (110°–112°F) have been recorded in Ch'ang-sha and Nan-ching.

    1969, Yi-Fu Tuan, China, Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 22

    In the west, the outer periphery of the Inner Zone is the great divide separating Pacific Ocean and South China Sea drainage on the one hand, from drainage oriented towards Hsin-chiang in the northwest and towards the Indian Ocean in the southwest, on the other.

    1970, Joseph B. R. Whitney, China: Area, Administration, and Nation Building, Department of Geography, University of Chicago, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 38

Origin

  1. Mandarin新疆
  2. EnglishHsin-chiang

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 新疆 (Hsin¹-chiang¹).

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