Wulumuchi

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A form of Wulumuqi — Synonym of Ürümqi: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Wulumuqi (Ürümqi)

    The Trans-Mongolian connects at Chining with a Chinese railway that has been built, at the date of this writing, in a westerly direction as far as Wulumuchi (or Urumchi), capital of the Chinese province of Sinkiang.

    1965, Harmon Tupper, To the Great Ocean, Little, Brown & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 432–433
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    Remotest Land. There is an unpinpointed spot in the Dzoosotoyn Elisen (desert), northern Sinkiang, China, that is more than 1,500 miles from the open sea in any direction. The nearest large town to this point is Wulumuchi (Urumchi) to its south.

    1979, Norris McWhirter, editor, Guinness Book of World Records, Bantam Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 137

    Construction of this expressway, linking Lanzhou with Wulumuchi, has continued further west as part of the central government’s attempt to equalize the balance of economic development between the prosperous east and the less developed western interior.

    2008, William Lindesay, The Great Wall Revisited: From the Jade Gate to Old Dragon's Head, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 112

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Origin

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin for 烏魯木齊/乌鲁木齐 (Wūlǔmùqí) Wade-Giles romanization: Wu¹-lu³-mu⁴-chʻi².

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