Meanings
- A township in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
November[…] 23 Visit to a market held near Khotan. Grains bought.[…] 28 Left at 9 A.M. All day enroute. Collected tree cuttings. Bought seeds. Stayed for the night in Langru.
1910, Frank Nicholas Meyer, “ITINERARY REPORT”, in Letters of Frank N. Meyer, volume II, →OCLC, page 11503 more examples
Additional outcrops were investigated south and west of Hotan. They were unproductive, except in Langru (other spelling Ranru) area where two fossiliferous localities were discovered .
2003, Revue de Paléobiologie, volume 22, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 482Located in Langru Town of Hotan County, Uluwarty Scenic Spot is a large reservoir that was completed in 2001. The water in the reservoir is as deep as 110 meters, with a dam 131 meters high.
2011 December 2, Dongya Zhang, “Natural beauties of southern Xinjiang”, in Beijing Today, number 547, →OCLC, Travel China, page 20In Langru Township in Hotan county, any Uyghur on the police suspect list who fails to present himself or herself to authorities will have their name “erased from township household registers,” according to one police document recently obtained by RFA.
2014 December 17, Richard Finney, Jelil Kashgari, Erkin Tarim, “Uyghurs Face Seizure of Land, Personal Property Under Tough New Rules”, in Eset Sulaiman, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2014
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA township in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Origin
- Uyghurلاڭرۇ
- EnglishLangru
Borrowed from Uyghur لاڭرۇ (langru).
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Chinese Mandarin 朗如
- 朗如 (Lǎngrú)township in Hotan County, Hotan, Xinjiang, China
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Langru. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Langru
“Langru.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Langru. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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