Kashgar
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Transliteration of Russian Кашга́р (Kašgár), from Persian کَاشْغَر (kâšğar).
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: kăshʹgär
Proper noun
[edit]Kashgar
- A prefecture of Xinjiang, China.
- 2017 December 17, Gerry Shih, “AP Exclusive: Digital police state shackles Chinese minority”, in AP News[1], archived from the original on 28 April 2022[2]:
- In one year, Kashgar Prefecture, which has a population of 4 million, has carried out mandatory checks for practically its entire population, said Yang Yanfeng, deputy director of Kashgar’s propaganda department. She characterized the checkups as a public health success story, not a security measure.
- 2019, “CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA ANNUAL REPORT 2019”, in Congressional-Executive Commission on China[3], archived from the original on June 26, 2020, page 209:
- In addition, in January 2019, the Hong Kong-based security services company Frontier Services Group (FSG) announced on its website that it had signed an agreement with local XUAR officials to build a training facility in Kashgar prefecture, XUAR.
- 2020 October 28, “Coronavirus digest: Italy posts record infection numbers as Europe locks down”, in Deutsche Welle[4], archived from the original on October 28, 2020, News[5]:
- Authorities in Kashgar prefecture in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China say they have completed tests on more than 4.7 million residents. It follows the country's latest outbreak at the weekend.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kashgar.
- A county-level city in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
- [1693, Robert Morden, “Of China”, in Geography Rectified; or a Description of the World[6], 3rd edition, page 439:
- The Province of Xenſi extends to the Kingdom of Preſter John. Caſcar and Thebet, which the Chineſes in a general Name call Sifan it is a large Province, and is divided into eight Counties, having one hundred and eighty Cities: Sigan is the Metropolis of the whole, ſeated on the River Guei, in a moſt pleaſant and delightful place, of a noble Proſpect, and good Trade.]
- 1826, Sylvanus Urban, “Foreign News”, in The Gentleman's Magazine[7], volume XCVI, London: John Nichols and Son, page 634:
- The last accounts from Mr. Moncrieff left him at Cashmere. From that place he sent to ask permission of the Government of Kashgar to go to Buchara, to purchase horses. This was refused, and he was obliged to take another route and proceed through Cabul.
- 1992, “Xinjiang: Unquiet Spring”, in Tibet Information Network (Background Papers on Tibet)[9], page 51:
- In 1990 a fight between armed locals and the police and military flared up in Baren, in Akto, near Kashgar, in which at least 22 people were killed, of whom six were members of the security forces; some sources say the locals had intended to initiate an armed uprising.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kashgar.
Synonyms
[edit]- (from Uyghur)
- (from Mandarin Chinese) Kashi, K'a-shih, K'o-shih
- (from Chagatai قاشقار) Qashqar, Qāshqār
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]prefecture, city
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Further reading
[edit]- “Kashgar”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- Kashgar in Encyclopædia Britannica
- Kashgar at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- “Kashgar”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Kashgar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Kashgar” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Kashi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[10], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1513, column 2: “Also called Kashgar.”
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kashgar
- Alternative spelling of Kašgar.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Kashgar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kashgar | — | |
genitive | Kashgarin | — | |
partitive | Kashgaria | — | |
illative | Kashgariin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kashgar | — | |
accusative | nom. | Kashgar | — |
gen. | Kashgarin | ||
genitive | Kashgarin | — | |
partitive | Kashgaria | — | |
inessive | Kashgarissa | — | |
elative | Kashgarista | — | |
illative | Kashgariin | — | |
adessive | Kashgarilla | — | |
ablative | Kashgarilta | — | |
allative | Kashgarille | — | |
essive | Kashgarina | — | |
translative | Kashgariksi | — | |
abessive | Kashgaritta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kashgar f
Spanish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kashgar m
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Russian
- English transliterations of Russian terms
- English terms derived from Russian
- English terms derived from Persian
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Prefectures of China
- en:Places in Xinjiang
- en:Places in China
- English terms with quotations
- en:Cities in Xinjiang
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑshɡɑr
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑshɡɑr/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Cities in China
- pt:Places in China
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Cities in Xinjiang
- es:Cities in China
- es:Places in Xinjiang
- es:Places in China