Meanings
Mori1
Mori2
proper noun
- A Kazakh autonomous county in Changji, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
In Mori Kazakh Autonomous County, Guanguan films a detention center flanked by watchtowers and surveillance cameras. He later goes to another location and finds the Mori County Detention Center. Neither building appears on the map.
2021 November 18, Nuriman Abdurashid, Roseanne Gerin, “Video from Xinjiang provides fresh evidence of China’s Uyghur repression”, in Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2021
Origin
- Japanese森
- EnglishMori
Borrowed from Japanese 森 (Mori) or 毛利 (Mōri).
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Chinese Cantonese 木壘 /木垒
- 木壘 /木垒 (muk⁶ leoi⁵)Kazakh autonomous county
Chinese Mandarin 木壘 /木垒
- 木壘 /木垒 (Mùlěi)Kazakh autonomous county
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APA
Mori. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mori
MLA
“Mori.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mori. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mori,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mori.
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