Ürümqi
See also: Urumqi
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Uyghur ئۈرۈمچى (ürümchi) via its official SASM/GNC/SRC romanization. See there for more.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editÜrümqi
- A prefecture-level city, the capital of Xinjiang, China.
- 1988, Manfred Domrös, Peng Gongbing, “Circulation”, in The Climate of China[1], Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 36:
- As also proved from statistical figures, different wind conditions are established over some marginal parts of China. Harbin/15, which records 50% of all directions from SE, S and SW, underlines atypical wind conditions which exist over northeastern China. The same is true for Lhasa/239 which experiences 44% of all directions from NE, E and SE, and Ürümqi/269 which records 38% of all winds with a southern component. These three stations demonstrate rare wind conditions which do not coincide with the typical northern winds in winter.
- 2010 March 4, Richard MacManus, “China's Twitter Clones”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 April 2023, Technology:
- Fanfou, Jiwai and Digu were some of the first Twitter clones to become successful in China. However all three - plus Twitter itself - were blocked by the Chinese government in July 2009, due to their usage during the uprisings in Ürümqi.
- 2020 January 29, Adam Schreck, Elaine Kurtenbach, David Koenig, “More airlines drop flights to China as virus spreads”, in AP News[3], archived from the original on 15 April 2021[4]:
- Before the Wednesday’s suspension, there were 24 flights a week from Kazakhstan to China, including a daily flight to Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang.
- A county of Ürümqi city, Xinjiang, China.
Synonyms
edit- (from Mandarin Chinese) Wulumuqi, Wulumuchi, Wu-lu-mu-ch'i
- (historical) Dihua, Ti-hua, Tihua, Tihwa
Translations
editCapital of Xinjiang
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Further reading
edit- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Urumqi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3290, column 1
- Ürümqi, Urumqi, Ürümchi, Urumchi, Urumtsi at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- “Ürümqi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo fen sheng dituji (Hanyu Pinyin ban) (Atlas of the People's Republic of China (Hanyu Pinyin edition)
Uyghur
editProper noun
editÜrümqi
- Latin (UYY) transcription of ئۈرۈمچى (ürümchi)
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