Wujiaqu

Wu·jia·qu
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/wuːd͡ʒiɑːˈt͡ʃuː/

proper noun

A county-level city in northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Wu-chia-chu

  1. A county-level city in northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

    A residential compound is seen during a smoggy day in Wujiaqu, Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region, Nov. 19, 2013.

    2013 December 27, Alissa Ambrose, “2013: The year in photos”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2021
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    On the farms in Altai, Ili, Tahcheng, Burtala, Shihotzu and Wuchiachu in Northern Sinkiang, members of the farms have been studying and applying the "three constantly read articles" in a living way.

    [1969 March 4 [1969 February 25], “Sinkiang PLA Engages in Farming Preparations”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 42, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA International Service, →OCLC, Communist China: Northwest Region, page H 2

    Most bingtuan prisons have a small number of former civilian bingtuan members who have been convicted of crimes. There are also contingents of regular native Xinjiang prisoners, including some who were transferred to the prisons of the First Division after 1985. Yang Zhenhua, p. 416. We believe that the Sixth Division in Wujiaqu also has Xinjiang prisoners.

    1998, James D. Seymour, Richard Anderson, New Ghosts Old Ghosts Prisons and Labor Reform Camps in China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 58

    This spider with markings on its back resembling a human face was found in the city of Wujiaqu in northwestern China in April 2006.

    2007, Geoff Tibballs, Ripley's Believe It or Not! 2008, Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 177, column 2

Origin

  1. Mandarin五家渠
  2. EnglishWujiaqu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 五家渠 (Wǔjiāqú).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 五家渠
  • 五家渠 (ng⁵ gaa¹ keoi⁴)county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 五家渠
  • 五家渠 (Wǔjiāqú)county-level city
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APA

Wujiaqu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wujiaqu

MLA

“Wujiaqu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wujiaqu. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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