Meanings
- Synonym of Tian Shan.
New roads between southern and northern Xinjiang, across the mountains of Tengri Tagh/Tianshan, were constructed and older ones upgraded.
2015 October 26, AGNIESZKA JONIAK-LÜTHI, “Roads in China's Borderlands: Interfaces of spatial representations, perceptions, practices, and knowledges”, in Modern Asian Studies, volume 50, number 1, →DOI, page 102 more examples
The ancient kingdom of Zungaria, extinguished by the Chinese about the middle of the 18th century, now constitutes the Russian district of Semipalatinsk, and, according to M. Semenof, incloses the centre of the Asiatic continent, the gigantic mountain group of the Tengri Tagh.
1875, James Hutton, Central Asia: from the Aryan to the Cossack, London: Tinsley Brothers, →OCLC, →OL, page 318What is the demographic landscape in Xinjiang? The population is concentrated in two segments: the corridor along the northern foothills of the Tengri Tagh and the arcs of oases to the south of the Tengri Tagh.
2014, Susan M. Walcott, Corey Johnson, editors, Eurasian Corridors of Interconnection: From the South China to the Caspian Sea, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OLSynonyms: Tian Shan
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Tian Shan.
Origin
- Uyghurتەڭرىتاغ
- EnglishTengri Tagh
Borrowed from Uyghur تەڭرىتاغ (tengritagh, literally “Mountain of God (Tengri)”).
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