Seriqbuya

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proper noun

A town in Maralbexi, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Serikbuya

  1. A town in Maralbexi, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

    As with the Baren incident, there are official and alternative accounts of the events reported in Seriqbuya Town, Maralbeshi (Ch. Bachu) County, Kashgar Prefecture, on 23 April 23 2013.

    2019, Pablo A. Rodríguez-Merino, “Old ‘counter-revolution’, new ‘terrorism’: historicizing the framing of violence in Xinjiang by the Chinese state”, in Central Asian Survey, volume 38, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 35
    2 more examples

    Details of the assault were sparse, but the news agency said the attackers in Selibuya had been armed with knives and axes. Calls to the authorities in Kashgar, about 100 miles from the police station, and in the nearby town of Bachu were not answered.[…] The deputy chief of the police station at Selibuya, Hesen Ablet, told Radio Free Asia that when he got to the station after being summoned to assist, “there were already four or five bodies lying on the ground.”

    [2013 November 17, Jane Perlez, “9 Attackers and 2 Officers Reported Killed in Tense Western China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2013, Asia Pacific

    Prison authorities transferred the prisoners’ bodies to police stations in various Maralbeshi townships, including Seriqbuya, about one week prior to Eid, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, said a source in Maralbeshi. The residential committee employee contacted by RFA said she visited Metniyaz’s family about 40 days ago to monitor his funeral. The delivery of the body created a stir in Seriqbuya town, witnesses said.

    2023 May 24, Shohret Hoshur, “Uyghur motorcycle repairman’s corpse released by prison in Kashgar prefecture”, in Roseanne Gerin, Malcom Foster, editors, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2024, RFA Uyghur

Origin

  1. Uyghurسېرىقبۇيا
  2. EnglishSeriqbuya

Borrowed from Uyghur سېرىقبۇيا (sëriqbuya).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 色力布亞 /色力布亚
  • 色力布亞 /色力布亚 (Sèlìbùyǎ)town
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APA

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MLA

“Seriqbuya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seriqbuya. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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