Ürümchi

See also: Urumchi

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːˈɹuːmt͡ʃi/

Proper noun

Ürümchi

1. Alternative form of Ürümqi
   • 2000, Joanne Smith, “Four Generations of Uyghurs: The Shift towards Ethno-political Ideologies among Xinjiang's Youth”, in Inner Asia‎^[1], volume 2, page 196:

     One year was spent in the region between September 1995 and September 1996 conducting field work among Uyghurs in the regional capital of Ürümchi in the north, and in the southern oases of Kucha, Aqsu, Qäxqär and Xotän.

   • 2022, Nury Turkel, chapter 1, in No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, page [3]:

     Even though it was the capital of the Uyghur region, more than 80 percent of the population of Ürümchi was already ethnic Chinese by the time I arrived.

Translations

Capital of Xinjiang — see Ürümqi

Uyghur

Proper noun

Ürümchi

1. Latin (ULY) transcription of ئۈرۈمچى (ürümchi)