Xinjiang

See also: Xīnjiāng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 新疆 / Xīnjiāng (literally “new territory, new frontier”), from 新 / xīn (“new”) + 疆 / jiāng (“territory, border, frontier”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪnˈdʒjæŋ/

Proper noun

Xinjiang

A sparsely populated autonomous region (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) of the People's Republic of China located in the western part of of the nation.

Synonyms

Sinkiang (obsolete)

Translations

autonomous region of China

Arabic: شِينْجْيَانْغ‎‎ m (šinjyang), شِينْجْيَانْغ‎‎ m (šinjyanḡ)
Belarusian: Сіньцзя́н m (Sinʹczján)
Bulgarian: Синдзя́н m (Sindzján)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 新疆 (zh) (Xīnjiāng)
Czech: Sin-ťiang m
Finnish: Sinkiang, Xinjiang
French: Xinjiang (fr) m
German: Sinkiang n
Hindi: शिनच्यांग (śincyāṅg)
Japanese: 新疆 (しんきょう, Shinkyō)
Kazakh: Шинжәң (Şïnjäñ), Шинжяң (Şïnjyañ)
Korean: 신장 (ko) (Sinjang) (新疆)
Kyrgyz: Шинжаң (Şincañ)
Macedonian: Сји́нџианг m (Sjíndžiang)

Mongolian: Шинжаан (Šinžaan)
Persian: سین‌کیانگ‎‎ (Sin-kiyâng)
Polish: Sinkiang m
Portuguese: Xinjiang, Sinkiang, Sinquião m
Russian: Синьцзя́н m (Sinʹczján)
Spanish: Xinjiang m
Swedish: Xinjiang n, (obsolete) Sinkiang
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ซินเจียง (sin jiang)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: Sincan (tr)
Ukrainian: Сіньцзя́н m (Sinʹczján)
Uyghur: شىنجاڭ‎‎ (shinjang)
Uzbek: Shinjong
Vietnamese: Tân Cương (vi) (新疆 (vi))

See also

Ürümqi, Wulumuqi, Urumchi
Uyghur

Portuguese

Proper noun

Xinjiang m

Alternative form of Sinkiang

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