Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Bachu (Maralbexi)
Flourishing cotton fields abound also at So-ch'e, Maralbashi (Pa-ch'u), Shan-shan, Su-lo, and Korla.
1944, Martin R. Norins, Gateway to Asia: Sinkiang, Frontier of the Chinese Far West, John Day Company, →OCLC, page 1092 more examples
Timur captured Pa-ch'u. Commander Yang was wounded and captured, and his troops were routed to Kashgar.
1946, Military Information: Sinkiang Rebellions 1931-1937, CIA Document Number: CIA-RDP82-00457R000100660009-3, page 6In September of 1937, two regiments of Soviet Kirghiz troops and one regiment of Russian troops equipped with forty airplanes and twenty tanks entered Sinkiang from Atushe and attacked Pa-ch'u, dividing Ma Hu-shan's 36th Corps into two sections. In October one Kirghiz regiment entered P'i-shan, and Ma Hu-shan fled to India. Kirghiz and Russian forces were now in occupation of Hami and poised to strike at Ho-t'ien in the extreme south of Sinkiang.
1987, Arthur C. Hasiotis, Jr., Soviet Political, Economic, and Military Involvement in Sinkiang from 1928 to 1949, Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 102–103
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Mandarin巴楚
- EnglishPa-ch'u
From Mandarin 巴楚 (Bāchǔ), Wade–Giles romanization: Pa¹-chʻu³.
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