usu

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proper noun

Synonym of Wusu.

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usu1

adjectiveusu (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of usual.
adverbusu (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of usually.

Usu2

proper noun
  1. Synonym of Wusu.

    The Baiyanggou mud volcano is located 43 km south of Usu City.

    2021, Xiaoqi Gao et al., “Genetic origin of gas and fluid from the mud volcanoes in the North Tianshan area in Xinjiang Province, NW China”, in Carbonates and Evaporites, volume 36, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC
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    Management rules in force for the "information corps" in a residential district in Usu city, Tacheng (Tarbaghatay) district, included requirements to immediately report scenarios such as the presence of "people from outside [the district] abnormally wearing large beards or veiling their faces" along with "residents holding extremist religious thoughts."

    2011, Annual Report 2011, Congressional-Executive Commission on China, →OCLC, page 201

    For thousands of years, for the herdsmen of the Majike who lived in the deep pastures of Tianshan, Tabulehete town, Usu city; where the horseshoes stepped, were where the road was. The distance between the town and the county is only 50 km; however, a number of people dwelled in the mountains, and have never even been to the county for their whole life. In September 2004, when the road, from Usu city to the Jialake village, Bulehete town, was finished and the first bus reached, the villagers rushed about telling the news and shouted “Long live the Communist Party”, as joyful as when in the New Year or other festivals, for they saw the asphalt road for the first time.

    Modern Xinjiang

    2014, Xinping (李欣凭) Li, 活力新疆 [Modern Xinjiang], Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 7

    GOING HI-TECH Last year, a large-scale bio-based plant went into operation in Usu City to turn corn into nylon. The Cathay Industrial Biotech, a Shanghai-based biotech company, is the investor. Nylon is usually made from petroleum, and the use of crops such as corn and wheat to make recyclable and environment-friendly nylon has promising business prospects, said Wang Hongbo, vice general manager of the company's Usu branch. The Usu branch will have an annual output of 100,000 tons of bio-based polyamide, and it is expected to boost the development of downstream industries in the future, he said.

    2019 March 2, “China Focus: Industrial upgrade moves fast in Xinjiang”, in Li Xia, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2019

    Synonyms: Wusu

USU3

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Utah State University.

    When the repeal was voted on and passed, the group of USU students left the meeting, expressing their disappointment as they exited.

    2021 December 9, Maya Mackinnon, “Logan plastic bag ban repealed”, in The Utah Statesman

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proper nounSynonym of Wusu.

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Origin

  1. Uyghurۋۇسۇ
  2. EnglishUsu

From Uyghur ۋۇسۇ (wusu).

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